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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:Why spare the big fish? by larry+bagina · · Score: 4, Informative

    Some of the index servers have been seized recently.

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  2. Re:RIAA = New entourage of robber barons by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The loss of Eldred_v._Ashcroft was bad enough. Essentially Congress now has unlimited power.

    Having Supreme Court Justicies like Ruth Bader Ginsburg doesn't help. She and her mother are outspoken attorneys in favor of unlimited IP rights and unlimited congressional powers. Remember kids, if you extend a law for 50 years every 10 years, ad infinitum, that's not "unlimited"!

    Now we're seeing things like the JRMI Model Train SDK project getting sued (1/2 pg. down) for $300,000.00 for infringing patents. The impact of this kind of suit on small software developers, whether free or closed, will be devastating.

    And the DMCA getting new provisions that treat IP violations like drug crimes...forfiture of property! That's right, if little Bobby downloads a song from the internet, the RIAA can seize your house, car, property, etc.

    Yay America! The land of freedom and liberty!

  3. Re:Why spare the big fish? by TubeSteak · · Score: 4, Informative
    From TFA:
    BearShare was among several P2P service to receive cease-and-desist letters from the RIAA in September of last year. Others include Warez P2P, Limewire, eDonkey, and Soulseek, all of whom have not yet reached a settlement.


    Anyways, shutting down these businesses won't actually kill their networks. I can't think of any networks that are centralized like Napster used to be.
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  4. Re:Why spare the big fish? by TubeSteak · · Score: 4, Informative

    When you're logged in, go here: http://yro.slashdot.org/users.pl?op=edithome

    The very first drop down box is: Date/Time Format

    You can change that & /. will show whatever variation on day, date, month, year, and/or time that you could want.

    and if you do a quick search, you'll find references to 2006 in the thread.

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