After a lengthy court battle, LimeWire lost its case with the RIAA yesterday. The New York District Court demanded that its entire operation, including all searches and uploading and downloading that occurs through the client. In a response to the decision LimeWire made its client unusable, leaving millions of users with no other option than to find an alternative. The good news is that there are several applications and services that are ready to act as a replacement. We will discuss a few of them below. FrostWire is a popular free and Open Source P2P client supporting both Gnutella and BitTorrent downloads.
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The application was first released in 2004 by members of the LimeWire Open Source community. FrostWire is similar to LimeWire in use and layout, and is fully compatible with iTunes. There are versions available for various operating systems including Windows, Mac, Linux and even Android. FrostWire has always emphasized the non-infringing use of their client.
In 2008, the client introduced its service through which it promotes independent artists, which has been very successful. MP3Rocket is another LimeWire spinoff with a very similar look and functionality. It works on Windows and Mac and the application supports both Gnutella and BitTorrent downloads. Unlike its name suggests, MP3Rocket is not limited to finding MP3s. It is capable of downloading any file format including video files and software. In addition to downloads, MP3Rocket also has hundreds of streamable radio and TV-channels. BitTorrent The two applications we discussed above both support BitTorrent downloads, but like LimeWire they were rarely used for this purpose.