Fyre Festival founder and CEO Billy McFarland sold the event's branding rights in an eBay auction. LimeWire, a file-sharing service that was once a hotbed for illegal downloads, won that auction.

The early 2000s music sharing software company LimeWire — now resurrected as a crypto company by new owners — won rights to the infamous Fyre Festival in an auction that was held on eBay, reportedly ...

Billy McFarland is trying once again to pull off a new festival 8 years after his failed Fyre Festival. McFarland, who served prison time for wire fraud and owes his victims millions, has long talked ...

Billy McFarland, the scam artist and convicted fellon who gained notoriety for the disastrous 2017 Fyre Festival, has officially sold the rights to the event’s brand on eBay for $245,300 (approx. €211 ...

LimeWire has acquired the infamous Fyre Festival brand on eBay. As we reported in July, convicted fellon and Fyre founder Billy McFarland announced that the brand and all of its IPs had been sold to a ...

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Do two wrongs make a right? LimeWire, the revived-for-crypto brand best known for getting millennials their first taste of the new LCD Soundsystem song, bought Fyre Festival, the even more failed ...