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WinMX Suspends Operations

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the i'll-take-non-extradition-ip's-for-500-alex dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Slyck.com is reporting that it appears the WinMX network has shut down its operations in response to the RIAA's letters threating legal action. Although the WinMX network is currently down, this may only be temporary as developers seem to have relocated from Canada to Port Villa, Vanuatu."

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  1. Re:Pertinent Links: by freaktheclown · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Indeed: Recent political developments in Vanuatu. Vanuatu has a new Government. Please revisit this site next week.

  2. Its Still Legal in Canada by kwandar · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Its strange that the RIAA would bother sending a letter to a Canadian company.

    Music is quite legal (until the government changes the law) to download in Canada. It is most likely legal to have it available for download too, provided that you are not "distributing", which seems to require active promotion.

    I would think software developers would be one step further removed from that. Good luck to the RIAA pressing their case in Canada under the current law. CRIA was already stupid enough to take it to the Federal Court http://www.cippic.ca/en/projects-cases/file-sharin g-lawsuits/ and lose.