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=== Secondary liability ===

The plaintiffs' infringementbased claimstheir areinfringement basedclaims on theories of [[secondary liability]]. [[Secondary liability]] for [[copyright infringement]] may be imposed on a party that has not directly infringed a [[copyright]], but has played a significant role in the direct infringement. The rationale for [[secondary liability]] is that a party who distributes infringement-enabling products or services may facilitate direct infringement on a massive scale, thereby making effective enforcement illusory.

The pre-requiste of direct infringement was fulfilled by the fact that [[LimeWire]] users infringed the established copyrights by sharing unauthorized digital copies through [[LimeWire]]. An [[expert testimony]] estimated that 98.8% of the files requested for download through [[LimeWire]] were copyright protected and not authorized for free distribution.