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FTC drops P2P file sharing probe of LimeWire

Posted on August 26, 2010July 3, 2025 by Dissent

Jaikumar Vijayan reports:

In a rare break for LimeWire, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week decided to drop its investigation into the embattled software company’s controversial Peer-to-Peer file sharing software.

In a letter addressed to LimeWire CEO George Searle , FTC associate director Mary Engle said the agency’s decision came after LimeWire incorporated safeguards aimed at preventing inadvertent file sharing among users of its software.

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