not very popular in sg...but for those still in P2P...eDonkey no
more liao...
source :
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-donkey13sep13,1,4024200.story?track=rss&ctrack=1&cset=true
EDonkey File-Sharing Network Shut Down
From the Associated Press
September 13, 2006
The company 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.
New York-based MetaMachine Inc. 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.
Since then, the operators of BearShare, i2Hub, WinMX, Grokster and
Kazaa have reached similar agreements.
"With this new settlement, another domino falls, and we have
further strengthened the footing of the legal marketplace," Mitch
Bainwol, chairman and chief executive of the Recording Industry
Assn. of America, said in a statement.
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.
The company also agreed to take measures to prevent file-sharing by
people using previously downloaded versions of the eDonkey
software.
A federal judge in New York, where the settlement agreement was
filed, must still give final approval to the terms of the
deal.
A call to Yagan was not immediately returned.
The eDonkey website on Tuesday featured a message from the company
that said the eDonkey network was no longer available. It also
warned that people who steal music or movies are breaking the
law.
The message concluded with "Goodbye Everyone."
Because many computer users still have functional versions of
eDonkey or eMule, it's unlikely the shutdown of eDonkey's business
operations will have much of an effect on people swapping files on
the eDonkey network, said Eric Garland, head of online
entertainment tracking firm BigChampagne Online Media
Measurement.