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Old August 1st, 2006
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Why hasn't Limewire been shut down like Napster?
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The Limewire software is not illegal...
Limewire has no servers, it's just everyday people sharing files from one and others computers...
Limewire is not responsible for what the users share...
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So, that wasn't what Napster was? What was the difference between Napster, then, and Limewire, now?
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This may help explain...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster
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Okay, so it was the same, but now programs like Limewire are "decentralized" so they are harder to shut down. I guess I get it, but I wonder what they mean by decentralized.
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No center. No big central mainframe to seize and shut down, like Napster.
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Napster actively participated in copyright infringement.
LimeWire never did so, not even indirectly.
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