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Bearshare Shut Down by RIAA

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the another-one-bites-the-dust dept.

Pichu0102 writes "According to WebProNews, Bearshare has been shut down by the RIAA." From the article: " Online file-sharing service BearShare, along with operators Free Peers Inc., is packing it up due to a $30 million settlement with the recording industry. The conditions of the settlement were agreed to by the P2P company to avoid further copyright infringement litigation."

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  1. Re:lol by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Funny

    currently... no one.

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  2. Re:lol by secolactico · · Score: 4, Funny

    I remember bearshare vaguely. Wasn't that a gnutella client with built-in spyware?

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  3. Re:lol by linvir · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think you mean "with advertising support".

  4. so what you're saying is... by larry+bagina · · Score: 4, Funny

    I just heard some sad news on slashdot - P2P/Warez appBearshare was found dead in their New York colo this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss them- even if you didn't enjoy downloading britney spears songs or installing bonzai buddy, there's no denying their contributions to FREE music. Truly a DMCA icon.

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  5. So ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The RIAA guys are paying the Bearshare company 30m right? As a compensation for redtape strongarm tactics?

  6. WebProNews by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't be the only one to notice... WebPronEws.

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  7. Re:Why spare the big fish? by kimvette · · Score: 4, Funny

    OMG, the URLs are not Y2.1K compliant. Whatever will Slashdot users do in the 2099/2100 rollover and afterward? They'll be all confoozled when they can't tell whether a DMCA article was posted in 2006 or 2106! The sky will fall, cats will be sleeping with dogs, and men will be marrying men. Oh the horror!

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  8. Sometimes /. freaks me out by alx5000 · · Score: 4, Funny
    76 replies to the year problem:
    • 38 noting you can change date/time format in preferences
    • 2 how-to's on doing it.
    • 1 freak who actually checked all Feb 22 back to 1995.
    • 3 Y2K jokes (I actually laughed at the first one)
    • 4 clueless people that wouldn't read any Informative's but still complain about the damn thing
    • The other 29 are just ranting about SlashCode
    Yeah. It damn feels like home.
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