Another file-sharing is targeted and ordered to shutdown by recording industries.
Quote:The firm behind popular online file-sharing software eDonkey has agreed to pay $30 million to avoid potential copyright infringement lawsuits from the recording industry, according to court documents filed Tuesday.
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New York-based MetaMachine was one of seven technology firms to receive letters from the recording industry last fall warning them to shut down or prepare to face lawsuits.
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Under terms of the latest agreement, MetaMachine and its top executives, Sam Yagan and Jed McCaleb, agreed to immediately cease distributing eDonkey, eDonkey 2000, Overnet and other software versions.
Sad ending I would say. $30 million to avoid lawsuits ? I guess that's another alternate way how the recording industries are making(milking) money. Anyway, on yesterday, the
eDonkey website is wipe out clean, only leaving a message behind:
Quote:
The eDonkey2000 Network is no longer available.
If you steal music or movies, you are breaking the law.
Courts around the world -- including the United States Supreme Court --
have ruled that businesses and individuals can be prosecuted for illegal
downloading.
You are not anonymous when you illegally download copyrighted material.
Your IP address is xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and has been logged.
Respect the music, download legally.
Goodbye Everyone.
Goodbye, eDonkey! I think LimeWire will joined you pretty soon since the recording companies filed a copyright infringement lawsuit LimeWire back in August.
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