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Limewire wants to share ad revenue with record labels

Limewire CEO George Searle has announced that the company hopes to share its ad revenue with record companies, with the record labels getting as much as 40 percent of the ad money.

Last year the P2P company said it was working on "integrating contextual text ads into its P2P client" and Searle tried to explain better. According to the CEO, "Limewire's 80 million users generate an estimated five billion search requests each month, putting the P2P client in the same league as search engine giants like Google and Yahoo. In fact, Limewire would be the third biggest search destination in terms of unique users, ahead of Live.com and Ask.com, if it was a website."



Limewire is definitely not a website though, and so far has not made one cent from its 5 billion searches. Searle hopes to change that now. "Limewire wants to incorporate contextual ads into its client within the next month. The ads will be at the top of the search results, but clearly marked as advertising. Ads will initially be used to promote Limwire's new music download store, but advertisers should be able to buy these spots soon as well."

Besides the new ad model, Limewire is also working on an interface redesign which will include a web browser.

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 14 May 2008 18:56

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• 13 comments

• Run4two

  Although I can respect and apreciate Lime's willingness to try to make a more workable relationship with the very unflexible RIAA, I still think it sets a very poor precident! Do not give an olive branch! They will want the whole frickin tree, soil, water, air, anything to sustain its existence!

  14.5.2008 20:26 #1

• varnull

  see my fingers... where do they point?
  
  malware central + the riaa... what a team!!
  

  
  
  Free open source software = made by end users who want an application to work.... #1 image again.. check it out ;)

  14.5.2008 21:34 #2

• susieqbbb

  ok you need to understand that everything on lime wire isn't malware.

  14.5.2008 21:58 #3

• tucker001

  good idea
  
  limewire isnt malware central you just have to know what and what not to download

  14.5.2008 22:06 #4

• DXR88

  Hahahaha, if i do that i then that would only leave 200 files. that are not poisoned in some way.
  
  then again if i ever need to see (HOT_Milf_Gets _i _IN_THe_rear_By horse) ill be sure to download lime wire in the meant time ill just use good ol PTP

  14.5.2008 22:22 #5

• fgamer

  Um..I don't think the RIAA or any other entertainment entity are willing to compromise even if it means a 40% stake on any financials generated. Perhaps this is trying to avoid Lime from getting shut down eventually which I wont really miss anyways, so whatever.

  14.5.2008 22:34 #6

• varnull

  Get your stormworm variants and trojan_generic_downloader from my frostwire share folder now :) I give them tempting names to get my botworms into xp machines.. download and I got ya.. hahahaha..
  
  Anybody sharing via this outmoded means is just begging for a visit from the mpaa/riaa lawyers or the malware traders.
  
  Welcome to 2008.. it isn't 1996 any more!!!
  

  
  
  Free open source software = made by end users who want an application to work.... #1 image again.. check it out ;)

  14.5.2008 22:39 #7

• theridges

  Originally posted by varnull: Get your stormworm variants and trojan_generic_downloader from my frostwire share folder now :) I give them tempting names to get my botworms into xp machines.. download and I got ya.. hahahaha..
  
  Anybody sharing via this outmoded means is just begging for a visit from the mpaa/riaa lawyers or the malware traders.
  
  Welcome to 2008.. it isn't 1996 any more!!!yea just do what i do,
  search google for the single name.mp3
  you will find it ;)
  
  and only idiots get malware or any other harmful thing from limewire.

  15.5.2008 02:22 #8

• 7thsinger

  Regardless of personal opinions on how much malware is buried within Limewire's clientele, one thing is for sure:
  
  There are better places to download music readily available.

  15.5.2008 08:35 #9

• tucker001

  i agree with you 7singer

  15.5.2008 15:40 #10

• leady

  nice idea. I think this is the only way to solve p2p legalization problem

  16.5.2008 03:10 #11

• Mez

  I think it is a good idea. I think RIAA is a bigger whore than what most of you suspect. The AMA American Music Association condems ripping saying it is ilegal. However, for a fee they will help you rip. They sell subscriptions to their database for tag info. I am happy to give those scum bags $5-$6 a year to make my rips easier. Their database dwarfs the others.
  
  LW can be both a useful tool and is actually quite safe in the right hands. Still, it is quite limited in several areas espically in the quality of what you get. It is also the most common entry into the P2P arena. Torrents require an extra level of expertise many LW users will never attain.

  21.5.2008 09:02 #12

• CF01

  Do it cuz i want the music industry to stay around and limewire aint bad either

  24.7.2008 01:39 #13