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===2010===
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* [[October 26]] [[2010]] — US federal court judge [[Kimba Wood]] issued an injunction forcing [[LimeWire]] to prevent "the searching, downloading, uploading, file trading and/or file distribution functionality, and/or all functionality" of its software (see ''[[Arista Records LLC v. Lime Group LLC]]'').<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/oct/27/limewire-shut-down | ___location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Josh | last=Halliday | title=LimeWire shut down by federal court | date=October 27, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Gonsalves |first=Antone |url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/global-cio/trends/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=228000125&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News |title=LimeWire Ordered To Shut Down - File Sharing Sites |publisher=InformationWeek |date=2010-10-27 |accessdate=2011-01-12}}</ref> As a result, LimeWire 5.5.11 and newer have been disabled using a backdoor installed by the company.
* [[November]] [[2010]] — First release of a modified version of LimeWire Pro with all undesirable components removed (such as ad- and spyware, as well as dependencies to LimeWire LLC servers) under the name of "LimeWire Pirate Edition", enabling access to all advanced features of the professional version for free.
* [[November 26]] [[2010]] — The verdict in [[The Pirate Bay trial]] was announced. The appeal court shortened sentences of three of the defendants who appeared in court that day. Neij's sentence was reduced to 10 months, Sunde's to eight, and Lundström's to four. However, the fine was increased from 32 to 46 million kronor. <ref>{{Cite news |author= Kobie, Nicole |title= Pirate Bay trio lose appeal against jail sentences |url= http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/363178/pirate-bay-trio-lose-appeal-against-jail-sentences |work= pcpro.co.uk |publisher= [[PCPRO]] |language= English |date= November 26, 2010 |accessdate= November 26, 2010}}</ref>
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