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BitTorrent's Loss is eDonkey's Gain?
MrAndrews writes "According to this BBC article, users in South Korea, Italy, Germany and Spain are using BitTorrent less frequently these days, after lawsuits by the movie industry. However: "While the use of BitTorrent has fallen, file sharers have moved to an alternative network called eDonkey". "
I was under the impression that eDonkey is what everybody uses for file sharing these days, and that BitTorrent was mostly used for software distribution (Free and Open Source, mostly).
Procrastination -- because good things come to those who wait.
shhhhhh
I moved from bittorrent to IRC. Now that's progress!
You can't handle the truth.
I moved from eDonkey / eMule to bit torrent...Is it back in style again?
...no two people are not on fire.
"While the use of BitTorrent has fallen, file sharers have moved to an alternative network called eDonkey"
Shouldn't this say that users are moving BACK to alternative newtworks like eDonkey?
... that the movie industry moguls had played Whack-a-Mole at the amusement parks before and learned something. Guess not.
Confused, the MPAA and RIAA have begun massively suing farms all across America.
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At least, that was the impression I came to after I tried to use eDonkey for a while. After a half dozen or so downloads, I finally said screw it and went to Blockbuster.
I figure, in a way, I'm doing Blockbuster a favor. I typically watch movies only once or twice, so I'm just taking their "No Late Fees" policy to the extreme. They are pretty clear that the return refers to the rental, and doesn't terminate your right to view. So I figure as long as I don't distribute I can maintain a moral ambiguity long enough to justify ripping the movie and returning it, on time, to watch when it's more convenient. That way, unlike with a movie purchase, they have the hard copy to rent to someone else, and it's back in the store the day. As long as I don't distribute, it seems to be exactly the same as established precedent law on time shifting.
Flawed logic, perhaps, but a nifty bit of justification I'd say.
Never confuse volume with power.
If they keep *telling* the various special interest groups what we're using to rape their respective industries, no fucking wonder there are new rounds of lawsuits every time large groups of people jump from one sinking ship to another...
Bastard media, be on our side for once.
"How like you to drag your keyboard to a gun fight." - Aaron Bedard (BANE)
What the article fails to mention is that in South Korea, only old people are using BT now.
Bill Clinton: Pimp we can believe in. - The Shirt!!!
Bet the Folks at RIAA and MPAA thought it was fun to play whack a mole when they were kids!
See It's Karma! First you have fun whacking the game, Now you're fighting for your lives attempting to whack any file sharing out there!
Ooh, It's Napster! WHACK! OOOH it's KAZAA! WHACK! OOOH IT'S BITTORRENT ! WHACK! OOOH IT'S EDONKEY! WHACK!
_ _ _ Go for the eyes Boo! GO FOR THE EYES!
Why does slashdot keep letting the cat out of the bag? The first rule of P2P is don't talk about P2P.
The government which is strong enough to protect you from everything is strong enough to take everything from you.
FTP.
The ORIGINAL file sharing protocol. P2P's come and go - FTP will remain mighty!!
I downloaded so many of them, that virtually spent all my time burning them to CDs and DVDs.
Eventually I realized that I had no time left to actually watch any of it, so I deleted all my collection.
Now I have more time, but no movies to watch.
"...I tried to use eDonkey for a while. After a half dozen or so downloads, I finally said screw it..."
I'm not sure you're actually suppose to screw a donkey.