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Razorback2 Servers Seized

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the new-sterile-servers-back-online dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Slyck is reporting that Belgian and Swiss authorities have raided and seized Razorback2's servers. From the article: 'Razorback2 was an eDonkey2000 indexing server - very different in nature from an indexing site such as ShareReactor. Unlike indexing sites, Razorback2's index was only available through an eDonkey2000 client such as eMule. While it does not host any actual files or multimedia material, it does index the location of such files on the eDonkey2000 network. The legality of such indexing remains questionable, however this has not deterred copyright enforcement actions.'"

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  1. Decentralize by ZephyrXero · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is why decentralized file-sharing is the only way to go.... maybe now stuff like Waste or the more traditional Gnutella will gain a big rise in popularity?

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    "A truly wise man realizes he knows nothing."
  2. Sucks... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...because it was the biggest and best ed2k server but there are lots of others left. Also, there is KAD (kademlia - a decentralized search) which has pretty much replaced the ed2k servers for me (you get *FAR* more and way better results using KAD instead). The worst problem I see is more people will rely on KAD, increasing the server load...

    1. Re:Sucks... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      The worst problem I see is more people will rely on KAD, increasing the server load...

      Please, get your facts straight!

      Kademlia (short: KAD) is _NOT_ a centralized search facility, it is a search that goes just as much Peer 2 Peer as the downloading goes.

      You ask your "neighbours" in the network, they will ask you, they report back to you, you to them and so on...

      Therefore, your thought about "overloading the KAD-Servers" just wont happen, maybe your very own connection will use more resources for searching and giving results than before when everyone uses Kademlia but thats about it.

      Read more about Kademlia here