LimeWire

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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What Wikipedia says

LimeWire is a free peer-to-peer file sharing client for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris. Created by Mark Gorton in 2000, it was most prominently a tool used for the download and distribution of pirated materials, particularly pirated music.

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