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I2hub Shutdown Due to Legal Pressure

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the dropping-like-flies dept.

djabbour writes "I2hub, the only p2p client that catered to internet2 users has shutdown today due to legal concerns. A few hours ago, any user on i2hub got a message which read 'RIP 11/14/2005. It was a good run. Forced to shut down by the industry.' The i2hub site has been shutdown, and new clients can no longer login to the i2hub server."

12 of 333 comments (clear)

  1. Oh. No. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can no longer copy and distribute music on a network I never belonged to.

    Oh the injustice.

  2. Re:RIP by Devil's+BSD · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, [GT]Professr... good to see you on slashdot too ;-)

    I can't measure the amount of fun I've had in that chat room. It sure beat facebook because it was instant, and you could private message people or talk to EVERYONE AT ONCE... Fun times. I'm sure I'll see you on the reincarnation of i2hub.

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    I'm the Devil the Windows users warned you about.
  3. Re:And the chilling effect works. by Tyrdium · · Score: 4, Funny

    Information hates to be anthropomorphized.

  4. Only on Slashdot... by jpetts · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...would somebody post a link to a site with the news that the site had been shut down...

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    Call me old fashioned, but I like a dump to be as memorable as it is devastating - Bender
  5. insult to injury by pintomp3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    site is shutdown, and then /.ed. nice. and if that's not bad enough, it will be /. again in a few days for good measure.

  6. Wait a second there... by chriswaclawik · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's an internet TWO?!?!? I haven't even finished the first one!

    --
    A guy walks into a bar... well, I forgot the joke, but the punchline is that he's an alcoholic.
  7. 0mG! /\/0 m0r3 w4r3z! by NVP_Radical_Dreamer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh no, where am I to get my warez now!? Whats that, theres still IRC, newsgroups, kazaa, bit torrent, emule, and hijacked FTP? Whew, there for a second I thought I was going to have to start PAYING for my digital entertainment.

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    The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

    - Winston Churchill
  8. Re:RIP by kakashiryo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Umm, why is parent modded Funny?

    Please give this guy some kudos for being Insightful/Interesting. Thanks.

  9. Internet 3? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have a length of CAT 5 lying around, anyone want to start an internet 3 with me? We can P2P to our hearts content that way.

  10. Obituary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    NEW YORK -- i2Hub, 2, passed from this plane of electronic existence on Monday (Nov. 14, 2005) shortly before 6 PM surrounded by his loving family. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the P2P Funeral Home, with a viewing of the body this Wednesday. He is survived by his parents, Napster and Kazaa, his cousin Bitorrent, his son darknet, and twin daughters Ourtunes and Mytunes. This is the second loss for the family in recent months, after the death of Grokster.

    From Urbis Interminatus

  11. Re:I'll certainly miss it. by JRock911 · · Score: 4, Funny

    They'll be using their time machine to remedy that problem soon enough...

  12. Re:RIP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    and who the fuck modded your post as funny?

    They take away my mod ability, and leave it in the hands of people who are apparently total retards.

    What
    The
    Fuck?

    seriously