Only just over a month after being ordered to cease offering file sharing services by a US Judge for copyright violations, Limewire has announced that it will cease to exist from the end of this year. In effect this means that the legal download part of the operation known as LimeWire Store that worked with a few independent labels, will also shut down. The company has issued a statement saying that it will no longer operate as of 2011.
“Given our current situation, plans to bring our separate, legal music service to market, have been cancelled. The beginning of 2011 will mark the closing of LimeWire’s New York office and cessation of business by LimeWire. We attracted some of the top talent from the technology community over the years to build our new music service. We’ll be helping our team members commence their job search over the next few months.”
