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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. In other news.... by 1053r · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In other news, bittorrent is still going strong! Experts speculate that reasons are because there are many bittorrent clients out on the market, and that the lack of a centralized structure makes it impossible for the **AA to sue anybody in particular.

    The moral of the story - If you're going to file share, don't have a centralized network with windows only spyware laden clients.