LimeWire advertises its NFT marketplace with Soulja Boy’s soundtrack

advertises its NFT marketplace

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LimeWire was previously owned by Mark Gorton, a Wall Street trader, that went on a four-year legal battle against the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) but lost and eventually shut down.

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[{"selector":"#anim-eab69a57-21a3-409d-9273-f3255fede58e","keyframes":[{"transform":"rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)","opacity":0},{"transform":"none","opacity":1}],"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both","iterations":1}] [{"selector":"#anim-33bea2be-6a7a-4167-a281-e17ce0377603","keyframes":[{"transform":"rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)","opacity":0},{"transform":"none","opacity":1}],"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both","iterations":1}] Later in 2022, two entrepreneurs, Julian and Paul Zehetmayr bought LimeWire in hopes to relaunch it as a “mainstream-ready, digital collectibles marketplace for art and entertainment, initially focusing on music.” Later in 2022, two entrepreneurs, Julian and Paul Zehetmayr bought LimeWire in hopes to relaunch it as a “mainstream-ready, digital collectibles marketplace for art and entertainment, initially focusing on music.”

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The video shows two kids downloading Crank That and dancing to it. Then, the video fast-forwards to them as adults reliving their childhood memory by discovering the new LimeWire’s NFT marketplace.

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