In the case of Arista Records LLC v. Lime Group LLC, On May 11, 2010 the U.S. District Court for the Sourthern District of New York found LimeWire secondarily liable for its users’ copyright infringement. The court said, “the following factors, taken together, establish that LimeWire intended to encourage infringement by distributing LimeWire: (1) LimeWire’s awareness of substantial infringement by users; (2) LimeWire’s efforts to attract infringing users; (3) LimeWire’s efforts to enable and assist users to commit infringement; (4) LimeWire’s dependence on infringing use for the success of its business; and (5) LimeWire’s failure to mitigate infringing activities." This case follows the Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd which also ruled P2P file sharing to be copyright infringement. ____________________ Andrew M. Jaffe Attorney at Law netlaws.us 330-666-5026