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BitTorrent's Loss is eDonkey's Gain?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the rolling-with-the-punches dept.

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". "

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  1. Re:This is news? by Nuclear+Elephant · · Score: 1, Troll

    eMule/aMule/etc. are much cooler because you can easily mod them to leech without having to give anything back to the community. As I understand it, this is why the FSF also wants to slam eDonkey, as it's hurting open source.

  2. Good Riddence. by MindStalker · · Score: 0, Troll

    Personally I'm happy to see these people gone. Most likly the ones leaving Bittorrent are the illigal traders. Bittorrent needs these people like a hole in their firewall. Good riddence.

  3. Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    "The parent post is a perfect example of why media industries regard their "customers" with such distrust."

    Yes, because customers have a habit of exercising fair use. They're selfish bastards.

    Don't they know they keep putting that guy out of work that I see in the movies? I think he used to be "key grip" or "best boy" or something.