Limewire was launched 26 years ago today, the man behind it went on to organise RKF Jr's political campaign.
I still have files I downloaded from that network, older than some adults running about these days.
Having a 'Ship of Theseus' moment now...

https://www.slashgear.com/1348377/history-limewire-explained-what-happened/

#LimeWire #P2p #FileSharing

The History Of LimeWire: How It Worked And What Happened To It - SlashGear

Like Napster, LimeWire left behind a complicated but important legacy in digital media. Here is the service worked and what ending up happening to it.

SlashGear

MSN-Status setzen, LimeWire starten und hoffen, dass "Song.mp3.exe" wirklich ein Song ist 😬 😂
Nebenbei Scrubs schauen und in The Sims 2 Leben erschaffen (und zerstören).
Irgendwo piepst dieses Tamagotchi und erinnert mich daran, dass ich nicht mal ein digitales Haustier im Griff habe 🤷‍♂️

Ja, ich hatte eigentlich eine ziemlich grossartige Jugend 🤭
... und jetzt klinge ich wirklich wie ein alter Mann 👴 😂

#tamagotchi #msn #jugend #sims #limewire #scrubs #00s

Ars Technica: “Yo what?” LimeWire re-emerges in online rush to share pulled “60 Minutes” segment. “On Reddit, users shared links to a LimeWire torrent, prompting chuckles from people surprised to see the peer-to-peer service best known for infecting parents’ computers with viruses in the 2000s suddenly revived in 2025 to skirt feared US government censorship.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/30/ars-technica-yo-what-limewire-re-emerges-in-online-rush-to-share-pulled-60-minutes-segment/
Ars Technica: “Yo what?” LimeWire re-emerges in online rush to share pulled “60 Minutes” segment | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

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“Yo what?” LimeWire re-emerges in online rush to share pulled “60 Minutes” segment
#LimeWire
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/yo-what-limewire-re-emerges-in-online-rush-to-share-pulled-60-minutes-segment/
“Yo what?” LimeWire re-emerges in online rush to share pulled “60 Minutes” segment

Redditor jokes LimeWire is now a "champion against the darkness."

Ars Technica
Der alte Filesharing-Dienst #LimeWire erlebt ein überraschendes Comeback als Anti-Zensur-Tool für einen kritischen TV-Beitrag über einen Abschiebe-Knast, den CBS in den USA zurückgehalten hatte. https://winfuture.de/news,155792.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia
"Inside CECOT": Limewire wird in USA als Anti-Zensur-Tool reaktiviert

Ausgerechnet LimeWire, ein Relikt aus den großen Tagen des Filesharings, steht plötzlich wieder im Mittelpunkt der Aufmerksamkeit: Über das Tool wird ein kritischer Fernsehbeitrag verbreitet, der in den USA eigentlich nicht zu sehen sein sollte.

WinFuture.de

LimeWire re-emerges in online rush to share pulled “60 Minutes” segment

Redditor jokes LimeWire is now a “champion against the darkness.”

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/yo-what-limewire-re-emerges-in-online-rush-to-share-pulled-60-minutes-segment/

#LimeWire #Internet #tech #technews #filesharing #technews #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #news #peertopeer

“Yo what?” LimeWire re-emerges in online rush to share pulled “60 Minutes” segment

Redditor jokes LimeWire is now a "champion against the darkness."

Ars Technica

“Yo what?” LimeWire re-emerges in online rush to share pulled “60 Minutes” segment

Redditor jokes #LimeWire is now a “champion against the darkness.”

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/yo-what-limewire-re-emerges-in-online-rush-to-share-pulled-60-minutes-segment/

#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #corruption #cbs #60minutes

“Yo what?” LimeWire re-emerges in online rush to share pulled “60 Minutes” segment

Redditor jokes LimeWire is now a "champion against the darkness."

Ars Technica
“Yo what?” LimeWire re-emerges in online rush to share pulled “60 Minutes” segment https://arstechni.ca/nXTq #governmentcensorship #peer-to-peernetworks #DonaldTrump #censorship #LimeWire #torrents #CBSNews #Policy
“Yo what?” LimeWire re-emerges in online rush to share pulled “60 Minutes” segment

Redditor jokes LimeWire is now a "champion against the darkness."

Ars Technica

@crispius I know! Somebody is sharing the banned 60 Minutes CECOT documentary on it!

Of all the places!

#Limewire #60Minutes #CBS #BariWeiss

@crispius I know! Somebody is sharing the banned 60 Minutes CECOT documentary on it!

Of all the places!

#Limewire #60Minutes #CBS #BariWeiss