eDonkey Just Died
Written by Ernesto on September 13, 2006eDonkey has finally and unarguably lined up with other former independent commercial p2p companies which are now working with the RIAA.
As we write this, “The eDonkey2000 Network is no longer available,” says the site.
If you steal music or movies, you are breaking the law. Courts around the world - including the United States Supreme [...]
eDonkey has finally and unarguably lined up with other former independent commercial p2p companies which are now working with the RIAA.
As we write this, “The eDonkey2000 Network is no longer available,” says the site.
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 xx.xx.xx.xxx and has been logged.
Respect the music, download legally.
Goodbye Everyone.
Sam Yagan, MetaMachine president and developer of eDonkey, all but spelled it out in September last year when he told a US Senate Judiciary Committee Protecting Copyright and Innovation in a Post-Grokster World hearing he was “throwing in the towel”.
Now MetaMachine will pay the cartel, “$30 million to avoid potential copyright infringement lawsuits from the recording industry, according to court documents quoted by the Associated Press.
BearShare, i2Hub, WinMX, iMex and Grokster are already down the tubes and, “With this new settlement, another domino falls, and we have further strengthened the footing of the legal marketplace,” AP has RIAA boss Mitch ‘The Don’ Bainwol saying.
Kazaa, now also officially on the other side of the fence, was in a league of its own, purporting to support the p2p community, at the same time trying to cozy up to the entertainment cartels.
The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) is owned by Warner Music (US), Vivendi Universal (France), EMI (Britain) and Sony BMG (Japan, Germany) and, “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,” says the story, adding ominously, “The company also agreed to take measures to prevent file-sharing by people using previously downloaded versions of the eDonkey software.”
“Your IP address is xx.xx.xx.xxx and has been logged” is intended to con visitors into thinking their personal details have been revealed which is, of course, pure RIAA bullshit.
Far more seriously, what are the chances of the ‘confidential’ information relating to people who registered with eDonkey and the others remaining confidential?
Meanwhile, “In August, the recording companies filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the firm behind LimeWire,” says AP. “That case is pending.”
Warez P2P, Morpheus and Soulseek are still out there, as is Blubster, and as Drake Zamanov points out, “Older versions of eDonkey should still connect without a problem. eMule is free and is the most used application on the edonkey2000 network. Surprisingly, this development barely impacted the network as there are still 4.3 million users connected to legitimate edonkey servers.”
Stay tuned.
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What can be done to stop the torrent (no pun intended) of p2p clients from becoming just another victory for the RIAA? People will trade the files they want, and for some damn reason the Supreme Court is holding the companies who make these clients responsible, even though they cannot control the actions of the users of the clients.
A knife enables me to kill someone, yet I use knives everyday in my job and no one has taken me to court just because I am enabled to do so, and I’ve not heard of the families of murder victims take the knife manufacture to court (although some families are trying to get laws passed that would make gun manufacturers liable for what their guns do in the hands of their customers).
Wait this isn’t so clear to me, does Emule still work or not?
Emule works fine dude!!!! it is the last remaining bastion of civilization ;)
The RIAA and similar cartels should work to bring down the cost of music and video media so that everybody would not think twice of paying for it. Guys on the street pay for an entire crappy album with one or two good tracks recorded on a piece of plastic worth less than 1 cent!!!! We are the ones being ripped so that the artists and industry executives can have 3 million dollar homes, lay 10 girlfriends and drink 200-dollar champagne!!!! Some even actually burn money for fun!!!
I say f_ck them all!!!
Bit torrent rocks!!!!
to:Omri, Yes eMule still absolutely works and will continue to function until the ed2k network is surpased by a better/more efficient/anonymous p2p network (or just BitTorrent).
Whether or not you’re able to connect at this point may differ per client
As reported, the eDonkey client, fails to connect…
eDonkey 1.4.3b is still alive and well. I get the same speeds like a week ago there’s no diference. Don’t be confused between the eDonkey program and the eDonkey network, RIAA closed down the edonkey site, distribution of the client etc… NOT THE EDONKEY NETWORK but like i said eDonkey 1.4.3b is still working without any problems. Why i insisst with the 1.4.3b version ? Because any other version after that can be closed down remotely by MetaMachine. So if eMule is still up EDONKEY WILL BE UP TOO!!!
HOW THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR MUSIC WHEN IM SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A YEAR SHOOTING STEROIDS IN MY FORHEAD? Tell me that. With E-Donkey down the tubes im one fucked donkey, no pun intended. RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHRAHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhh! JOSE GO BYEBYE NOW!
Hey Jose, Do you even know how easily I could crush you? probably you must not considering your fucking around on my internet. Next time you better run a extra bottle of HGH in my shipment or I piss in your Syringe and jam it through your eyes. WTF JOSE! MUAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!111
Hmmm, well looks like RIAA is taking this to war.
I agree with Joseph though, that just because these guys created the software to make file sharing easier, shouldn’t mean ther’re responsible for what people share. Why not sue the guys who make your keyboard or processor? Couldn’t share files without those either.
Of course, no one wants to be short-changed from the music they make, but let’s face it: Justin Timberlake, Limp Bizkit, and 50 Cent, etc. aren’t exactly in the poor house. I can’t feel much sympathy for these guys when they can only afford one mansion and two Bentleys. In their world, we’d pay for every file we share or something. I dunno what the goal is. If anything, I’m glad music pirates have forced the industry to take a serious look at file sharing even if it’s only forced them to consider alternatives to $20 cds.
Yey, one more step towards getting 100% fcked and controlled.
Bye bye eDonkey, hello DC++.
Just to address a few comments. I don’t use eMule/Donkey or whatever as it’s never worked at all. If others can use it, fine. The network of course would still exist as with WinMX. There though people had to develop a plug-in to stay connected to the various networks. There’s not many using it now, but there’s many millions of files, as people began sharing their files more freely. Talk about your $20 CDs; well they’re like $35 or more here. Depends where you buy them. If in a poorer country, they’re a lot cheaper of necessity. You can bet they’re still profiting well however. I wouldn’t buy them here any more because with all the greed, the cost of living is now through the roof, and I couldn’t afford them. Besides that I wouldn’t be interested in most of their overpriced copy-protection crippled confection, and also the choices are limited to current markets, and I could never find anything I want, and I know is available even though they always tell me it’s out of print, or if not it may be imported for exorbitant cost. Through p2p we find a world of diversity.
PS I didn’t know there was a war between them and us. I just carry on regardless. Also it’s not so far-fetched that they would sue keyboard or monitor mfrs. All depends what they can get away with. The difference between guns and knives is that a knife has many uses, where guns are only made for one purpose; as a killing weapon. I don’t use or need one, or with certain types of people I would be too tempted to dispense a summary judgment, especially if they invaded my home.
Perhaps I should have added that I don’t consider file swapping illegal, and my conscience is clear. Sam Yagan ought to sleep better now that he realizes his network is unaffected, despite his pseudo-betrayal
Fuck RIAA who gives a shit actually!! I use limewire PRO and everyday i download more than 500MB of music, (and with rapidshare + torrents i download movies and stuff.)
WELL RIAA AND ANTIPIRACY GROUPS KISS MY SHINY ASS .
[quote comment="12524"]KISS MY SHINY ASS .[/quote]
Be glad you didn’t put in that sentence, cause FOX would sue your ass for sure.
I’ve tried edonkey and p2p apps & I’ve noticed the following:
I downloaded tons of music, I listened it and I have deleted it, so it was like turning radio on, I listen the music for free, I choose the music by tunning channels. Am I right?
I deleted music after a while the files because music industry the sh*tty-greedy-one that allways have been.
I bought some CD of music that deserve it so almost all music are sh*t.
I’ve been wondering why don’t they improve instead of “kill” real listeners?.
so good bye good ideas to make celebrities been known.
finally I have something to say: die by your own actions f*ckers!
eDonkey 1.4.3b is still alive and running!
We only need to add in the HOSTS file (in Windows) these lines:
127.0.0.1 home.edonkey.com
127.0.0.1 home.edonkey2000.com
127.0.0.1 reg.overnet.com
127.0.0.1 reg.edonkey.com
and restart the PC before start eDonkey.
Ready! eDonkey forever!
I find I can still use the latest ver of e donkey2000 .Firstly disconect from net ,2 open software then 3 reconect to net it stll works just fine .
long live file sharing the RIAA are just wasting their own time & money if they are so dumb then I say let them continue fighting a losing battle its their loss not ours.
Hey guys. I agree. I am never going to pay for music again. (nor have for 10 years) Nor movies or books. Sorry, I am poor, and I will still get the things I want any way that I can. When they bring down one, we all just switch to another. Fuck the artists, fuck the publishers, fuck the agents and the discount stores. Proud to be a theif. Proud of p2p. (Usenet is more wild and free)
Always be [P]roud [2] [P]irate.
I have spent the last 30 years working my arse off and getting nowhere..just going in circles realy because of the inflated cost of living.All they have done is made me realise how greedy they all are.I cannot even stand tuning into music shows anymore because all i see on the screen in large capital letters is “I AM A GREEDY MONEY HUNGRY LOST TOUCH WITH REALITY ROCK STAR WHO NEEDS ANOTHER ROLLS ROYCE TO ADD TO MY USELESS FLEET”.They make more money from one CD with two good songs on it than i make working in a steel factory in my lifetime..FUCK THEM.There all exposed for what they realy are.SLEAZEBAGS!How about a forklift driver of the year Grammy award..or Best Factory worker 2006..heres a few million..If i make a wooden table and sell it i profit once..If i record a song i make a million..then another million and it goes on and on..I say power to the battlers.I do not have a decent car,house,boat in fact about all i have is my computer..POWER TO THE BATTLERS!
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I think the attitude of “Fuck the artists, the publishers,” etc, is ridiculous.
They made the product!!!!!!!!
The only way one can justify piracy is this: if you simply don’t have enough money to pay for the product and plan to pay for the product.
Otherwise you are a thief.
The commenter above who I’m quoting did admit to being a thief, but that is not a good thing.
But this is like stealing a glimpse at someone’s TV from the street — it doesn’t cost them and it helps you — ONLY IF YOU TRULY CAN’T AFFORD THE PRODUCT AND WILL BUY IT WHEN YOU HAVE THE MONEY.
Also, even if you can afford a product, if you use the dl to try and then go on to purchase if you like the product and then delete it if you do not like it and will not purchase it.
So, either you have to be poor or only use downloads as a preview to be sure about purchases.
Anything else is thievery and immoral.
” Hey guys. I agree. I am never going to pay for music again. (nor have for 10 years) Nor movies or books. Sorry, I am poor, and I will still get the things I want any way that I can. When they bring down one, we all just switch to another. Fuck the artists, fuck the publishers, fuck the agents and the discount stores. Proud to be a theif. Proud of p2p. (Usenet is more wild and free)
Always be [P]roud [2] [P]irate.
”
Fuck I could not agree MORE with you there!
Whinging fucking ‘artists’ who are 99% crap and who make 99% crap can GO. AND. FUCK. THEMSELVES.
Movie makers who make shit, … ah, you know the list is endless.
As for the legit producers who do make the odd good thing (in a torrent of shyte) - yeah I’ll buy it. When I can afford it. When the price is right. And when I’ve decided I like it.
In the meantime try a REAL job you poor suffering artist.
Btw - I MAKE MUSIC, so don’t even THINK ABOUT trying to grab the high moral ground.
Oh and in case I didn’t make it clear, I’ll re-iterate my agreement:
Fuck the artists, fuck the publishers, fuck the agents and the discount stores.
Rowry.
fuck off small artists still get the money they need to keep going plus find new fans the big artists well they wont get that $2mil new house or that now $100k car what a shame my heart is braking I will never buy a movie or cd again even if every fileshare site was closed I would just copy it from friends but never would I buy it you can never make people pay and if you are dumb and think you can close the big p2p site down and we will all just start paying for things then you must be J.W Bush only missing that one and only brain sell.
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