LimeWire’s content will be also be cloud-based, meaning you can access it from anywhere. The development teams are also working on new components such as push playlisting and curated content. Executives at the company described an upcoming, subscription-based “ecosystem” that includes desktop and mobile apps, a web-based component, and both downloading and streaming aspects. So what will LimeWire’s relaunch plans involve? Unsurprisingly, they’re very ambitious. Like Napster did before it, LimeWire is now responding by relaunching as a legitimate, subscription-based website in late 2010.
Despite this victory for the RIAA, they kept pushing with lawsuit after lawsuit, the latest which was filed on June 21th. Wood of the United States District Court had ruled that the file-sharing site (and its creator Mark Gorton) committed copyright infringement, engaged in unfair competition, and induced others to commit copyright infringement.
As of May 2010, it looked like LimeWire was nearing the end of its reign.