

However, there are significant savings to be had with some of the subscription plans. Tracks from the Limewire store are 256kbps DRM-free MP3s and cost $0.99 each. This exciting entrant to digital retail offers us a unique opportunity to connect our clients with an online audience of potentially millions of new customers.” Greg Scholl, President and CEO of The Orchard, said in a response to the announcement: “We’re pleased to support the LimeWire store, a retail offering that protects copyrights while fairly compensating artists and labels. They teamed up with “ The Orchard“, which distributes more than 1.2 million songs, mostly from Indie labels. Today LimeWire takes another step forward, as they announce the largest distribution deal since the store launched. Their popularity is declining worldwide – mostly due to the BitTorrent boom – but roughly 18% of all PCs worldwide still has the application installed.Įarlier this year, the company opened their official music store, which they have expanded ever since. LimeWire is by far the most used filesharing application, with a market share of approximately 35%.
