eDonkey: Another P2P System Caves to Recording Industry
Lars must be so proud...
Wednesday, September 13, 2006 by Zoomba | Discussion: WinCustomize News
It looks like MetaMachine, the company behind the eDonkey Peer-to-Peer filesharing network will be coughing up $30million to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of six record companies. Since the settlement, the services' website has been shut-down. This marks the latest death in the rapidly dwindling P2P Fileshare space.
Next on the RIAA's list of targets looks to be the service LimeWire, another P2P fileshare network that is developed and backed by a single company that looks to be profiting from the questionable content swapping it enables.
Life is a Game
Reply #2 Thursday, September 14, 2006 10:19 AM
Reply #2 Thursday, September 14, 2006 10:19 AM
Did they make 30 million dollars with eDonkey? I thought connecting to eDonkey was free of charge 
dnagroove
Reply #3 Thursday, September 14, 2006 11:10 AM
Reply #3 Thursday, September 14, 2006 11:10 AM
Rapidly dwindling P2P sharing?! I'm definitely not boasting, but claiming that any file sharing culture, of any kind (legal or not), is "dwindling" is ridiculous.
There are dozens more networks, covert and seemingly transparent that no RIAA or any of the film studios seem to be aware of. Nothing is dwindling, I'm half sorry to say (my own software found its way to BitTorrent more than once). The studios and the rest think they have the upper hand, but it's only smart of the file-sharing community to let them think so.
There are dozens more networks, covert and seemingly transparent that no RIAA or any of the film studios seem to be aware of. Nothing is dwindling, I'm half sorry to say (my own software found its way to BitTorrent more than once). The studios and the rest think they have the upper hand, but it's only smart of the file-sharing community to let them think so.
Fourth Letter
Reply #4 Tuesday, September 19, 2006 7:34 PM
Reply #4 Tuesday, September 19, 2006 7:34 PM
the real point is that you can never stop file sharing but you can shoot down the big easy programs that give people an illusion of legality , just like home copying , its frowned upon but is overlooked because you arrest the guy on the street corner selling movies and music just to line his pocket. Its disgusting to see the likes of Windowblinds appear with cracks on download sites when it only costs $19.99
AtlanticCanadianScot
Reply #5 Tuesday, September 19, 2006 8:31 PM
Reply #5 Tuesday, September 19, 2006 8:31 PM
yep DNA, you are right on the money...however Download.com did post an obituary for P2P Friday last which did leave the impression Zoomba alluded to
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Reply #1 Wednesday, September 13, 2006 4:33 PM
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