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eDonkey Tells Congress It's Throwing in the Towel
An anonymous reader writes "Sam Yagen, President of eDonkey, testified at the Judiciary committee's hearing 'Protecting Copyright and Innovation in a Post-Grokster World'. It was there he told the committee that he is throwing in the towel. 'The Grokster standard requires divining a company's intent, the decision was essentially a call to litigate. This is critical because most startup companies just don't have very much money. Whereas I could have managed to pay for a summary judgment hearing under Betamax, I simply couldn't afford the protracted litigation needed to prove my case in court under Grokster. Without that financial ability, exiting the business was our only option despite my confidence that we never induced infringement and that we would have prevailed under the Grokster standard.'"
It's rather strange to load up an article which is talking about shutting down p2p with iPod nano ads all over the place. Now I don't know how to feel.
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Wait. One one hand, we're mad because the MPAA/RIAA won. On the other hand, we don't care, because eDonkey sucked... Uh...*explodes*
Feh. We don't really care if we put you out of business. You don't pay us!
Do you feel owned yet? You will.
now that's news!
i'm shocked!
(yes, this is sarcasm)
That's funny, the spyware biz must be getting less profitable than Sam led us to believe.
I suppose companies are no longer willing to pay to be the 500th popup ad server on a spyjacked box.
In other news, eDonkey throws in the towel while testifying in front of eLephant congress.
Users of both products disgusted; form eMule party, nominate Hari Seldon as Presidential candidate, running on a platform that victory is inevitable.
"Ah, but can you prove that in court? OJ got off with more evidence against him than you have on eDonkey. "
If the file don't transmit,
You must acquit.
"Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
Rich people win again!!! I like rich people because they're better than the rest of us. I think they should always get their way, because rich people are just better genetic material, it's true, ask them. The government knows it, it's just a matter of time before the rest of us catch on.
There only needs to be one corporation: MicroHaliRIMPAADellAppleMartopoly. And it will pay regular people the same wages, but rich people will get more. And it will know what we're doing at all times (to thwart terrorists) and have total control of all media. Like real communism (not ideal communism). Kind of like what's happening now, but without hiding the fact that regular people are getting shit on.
I put forth that if it is obvious to me but not someone else, then that person is not reasonable.
I put forth that you are now qualified to be a SCOTUS Justice.
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This is the sort of thing a 12 year old kid says, when he doesn't get picked for the football team. Cries of "no fair" and "we know we're right but The Man is out to get us" won't stir any sympathy, since Congress is either 1)technologically clueless (since only terrorists do P2P) or 2)in the ??AA's pocket (since P2P = theft). Nobody is going to lose sleep over this.
I want to delete my account but Slashdot doesn't allow it.
We may very well be on the brink of returning to the earlier days.
The internet of 1997 with the connection speeds of 2005? Sign me up!
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Me too!!1!
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Whoever modded this insightful missed the joke.
There's only one major problem with this idea: They'd have to move to Canada.
Who ordered that?
I for one say goodbye to our E-Donkey overlords...and welcome our new congressional overlords into our bedrooms. *sigh* Can't I trade porn in peace?
They already do that... for as long as I use eMule. eMule downloads a server list and connects to servers hosted by indivuduals, mostly. God, do people moderate at random to get rid of those extra mod points?
Bored? Browse Slashdot with a +6 modifier for Troll comme
I know this is irrelevant to the discussion, but I believe this is largely the case. I can only speak for myself, but I pick some discussions I have no interest in and thus likely no knowledge about, set the filter at -1, and look at random posts that aren't +5 until I get rid of the mod points.
Modding in threads where I do have an interest and extensive knowledge isn't happening, because I'm going to post there.
hey! the guy invented the WWW. Which is obviously used to not only share files,
download illegal movies and files - but is also used to spread illegal information!
hang him! hang him!
- THIS is the sort of thinking the RIAA and MPAA are going for. isnt it scary?(!)
Precisely, and I agree.
But it's also unconstitutional; since it's clear the U.S. government worships money, this is a clear violation of the principle of separation of church and state.
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