LimeWire will close for good on New Years Eve as it will shut its legitimate online music store permanently.

In October, a U.S. Judge found LimeWire's peer-to-peer (p2p) file-sharing program guilty of assisting users in committing copyright infringement "on a massive scale".

The service was ordered to stop distributing and supporting the file-sharing software immediately, which meant LimeWire's online store that was launched in June this year and uses the company's P2P software, was also affected. LimeWire has already stopped new users signing up for accounts, although existing users can continue to use their accounts until December 31.

"As a result of our current legal situation, we have no choice but to wind down LimeWire Store operations," a LimeWire spokesperson said.

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