Following the RIAA's formal request for a U.S. District Court to shut down LimeWire, the file-sharing service has been given at least two more weeks to live. CNet reports that in a hearing Monday, U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood gave LimeWire's laywers two weeks to respond to the RIAA's motion.
Once LimeWire files its response, the RIAA gets another two weeks in turn to reply to that response, though Judge Wood could theoretically make a ruling any time after the LimeWire filing.
After Monday's hearing, LimeWire released a statement, saying, "We feel a permanent injunction is not the best course of action," the company said. "It could hold back the creation of new digita-music technologies that LimeWire is in the process of developing, and [it] does not benefit the industry as a whole. Following today's court appearance, we will be submitting our opposition brief."
Last month, LimeWire was found guilty of copyright infringement by the federal court and Judge Wood.
As expected, the RIAA has formally asked a U.S. District Court in Manhattan to shutdown file-sharing service LimeWire. CNet reports that the RIAA's lawyers filed documents with the court on Friday, requesting a permanent injunction against LimeWire.
The RIAA lawyers wrote, "Every day that LimeWire's conduct continues unabated guarantees harm to plaintiffs that money damages cannot and will not compensate. The scope of the infringements that Lime Wire induced...boggles the mind." Also in the filing, the RIAA's lawyers stated, "In every case in which a perpetrator of massive online infringement has been held liable on summary judgment, the courts have promptly issued an injunction to try to stop the continued harm to the plaintiffs....Lime Wire's liability undoubtedly will run into the hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars.
The RIAA and LimeWire's representatives appear in court today before U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood. Judge Wood could grant the RIAA's injunction, or ask for written arguments from both sides of the case.
A Lime Wire spokeswoman told CNet, "We are looking forward to an opportunity to address the Court for the first time in two years and show that as a matter of fact and law there is no support for this motion."
What will happen to all of the songs that have already been d/l?
I still use that **** for old songs (unless someone introduces me to something better?)
i dont know what these other cats talking bought 
About time.