Having reached that previously reported landmark settlement with the once flagship P2P network Kazaa, the major record companies have announced they are suing another major player in the non-legit file sharing space, LimeWire. The lawsuit, filed in New York last week, says that since August 2000, LimeWire and two of the company's executives, Mark Gorton and Greg Bildson, have distributed software that enables copyright violation, promoted that software for its "superior infringement capabilities", and profited from selling advertising on the P2P network.
A spokesperson for the Recording Industry Association Of America, who issued the lawsuit, told reporters: "Despite numerous efforts to engage LimeWire, the site's corporate owners have shown insufficient interest in developing a legal business model that adequately respects copyright. While other services have come productively to the table, LimeWire has sat back and continued to reap profits on the backs of the music community. That is unfortunate and has left us no choice but to file a lawsuit to protect the rights and livelihoods of artists, songwriters and record label employees, as well as those companies building legitimate businesses based on music."
Neither LimeWire nor the two execs directly targeted in the new lawsuit have commented as yet.