A central judge while ruling on Wednesday stated that LimeWire, the well known file-sharing service, was responsible for patent violation, the most recent in a increasing list of decisions against services that permit users to simply distribute music and videos on the Internet at no price tag.

Judge Kimba M. Wood of United States District Court in Manhattan stated in précis rulings that LimeWire and its maker, Mark Gorton, had committed patent violation, occupied in unjust competition and persuaded others to commit patent contravention.

The General Counsel for the Recording Industry Association of America, a trade association that stands for music firms said that the association believes a high-damage award would be correct. It is very obvious that there is a lot of proof of deliberate behavior by LimWire and its principals.

George Searle, LimeWire’s Chief Executive, stated in a declaration that LimeWire continues to remain dedicated to developing pioneering products and services for the end-user and to functioning with the complete music business, including the chief labels, so as to realize this assignment.

The case was the primary piracy proceedings brought against a dispenser of file-sharing software ever since a Supreme Court verdict in 2005 against a company by the name, Grokster.