Antitrust bust.
File-swap software maker LimeWire A popular peer-to-peer file sharing program for Windows, Mac, Linux and Solaris from Lime Wire LLC, New York (www.limewire.com). Written in Java and released at the end of 2001, LimeWire is a client program for the Gnutella network. See Gnutella. sues the Recording Industry Association of America for trying "to destroy any online music distribution service they did not own or control, or force such services to do business with them on exclusive and/or other anticompetitive an·ti·com·pet·i·tive
adj.
That discourages competition among businesses: anticompetitive foreign trade restrictions. terms." The suit accuses the trade association of antitrust Antitrust
The antitrust laws apply to virtually all industries and to every level of business, including manufacturing, transportation, distribution, and marketing. They prohibit a variety of practices that restrain trade. violations and consumer fraud.
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