File Sharing Limewire Has Done Enough Damage to Pay Off National Debt (And then Some) According to Record Companies

When Napster became the target of Lars Ulrich of Metallica, who turned over his fans' names) and the record companies, Limewire soon took its place. The peer to peer file sharing service has been around a long time and has taken its bruises as eventually the service was shut down in October 2010 for copyright infringement.

Now the record companies have shown their laughable side in the peer to peer battle against Limewire. They claim Limewire is responsible for over $75 trillion in damages to the record company. Yes, I said trillion like the silly number Washington politicians have spiraled this country into debt with their irresponsibility.

As a recent court filing against Limewire shows this is absolutely not the case. Last May, federal district court judge Kimba Wood granted the record industry's request for a summary judgement against Limewire. With their winning ticket in hand, the RIAA withdrew to contemplate the level of statutory and punitive damages it felt Limewire should pay. The recording studios have never been overly interested in due diligence or common sense but this latest tops all.

Limewire, the plaintiffs allege, owes them between $400 billion and 75 trillion. The latter, written out, comes to 75,000,000,000,000.

To put this in perspective, the world's gross domestic product totals $65 trillion. Clearly those who are suing Limewire should be laughed out of court.