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== Background ==

[[LimeWire]]Lime Group LLC was founded in June 2000 and released its software program, [[LimeWire]], in August 2000. LimewireLimeWire is a program that uses [[peer-to-peer file sharing]] technology, which permits users to share digital files via an Internet-based network known as [[Gnutella]].

[[File sharing]] in Limewire allowed users to search for files from other users. Once a file was located, a copy of that file was transferred from the host user's computer to the computer of the user searching for files. [[LimeWire]]'s default setting made all files that a user downloaded through [[LimeWire]] available to other [[LimeWire]] users for download. Most of the files shared by users are "media files," many of which contained copyrighted material in the form of [[MP3]] files.