Comments on: RIAA: Three Down, Limewire to Go.

By: stoopidkevin

stoopidkevin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:05:47 +0000

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By: Casey Montier

Casey Montier — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:38:49 +0000

Thanks for your suggestions!

By: Makayla Minter

Makayla Minter — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:08:18 +0000

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By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:02:08 +0000

Anyone here rocking Zultrax and the ZEPP network?

By: Sharky

Sharky — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:15:50 +0000

@ZIG - Thanks for the tip! Lphant was always a questionable piece of software, and contains (or contained) spyware. “Lphant” is listed a couple of times here at FSF, for being a ‘bad P2P’ program. Thankfully, Lphant users are mostly a marginalized group - nobody’s using this software.

By: zig

zig — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:54:48 +0000

Fortunately, LimeWire is still alive and well, but apparently they got Lphant. Just take a look at the bottom of Lphant’s homepage: you’ll see “Discordia Ltd”, the infamous company which took over Shareaza’s former official site. The latest “version” of Lphant, the version 4, is very probably nothing more than a fake, just like ShareazaV5…

By: WILFRE2

WILFRE2 — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:36:22 +0000

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By: sharky

sharky — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:19:36 +0000

Yes, indeed - that is a far-better summary of the details. The above article is a must-read for anyone who wants a clearer picture of the events that are still unfolding. Thanks, SkinVista!

By: SkinVista

SkinVista — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:04:32 +0000

As a follow up, the RIAA “definitive proof” statement still disturbs me.
This summary should more clearly establish the nature of the relationship:

http://www.shareazasecurity.be/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=1070

By: SkinVista

SkinVista — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:21:08 +0000

The Limewire-Island Theory.

Sharky: that screenshot is interesting because of the LW version number. But there remains a body of anecdotal reports. The best information I have so far comes from a trusted source in the old bearshare community:

”
Looks like one of LimeWire’s settings has gone bad and propagated through the network.
I’ve notified LimeWire about it.

I don’t know. I might have to rattle a few cages down there to get their attention
since that RIAA lawsuit is still dragging on.

The configuration setting that went bad is called EVIL_HOSTS and it used to have
“BearShare 5.2″ but now it’s just “a”, which probably blocks everything but LimeWire
and FrostWire.

”

It may be too premature for conspiracy theories, but this should serve as a warning, or proof-of-concept at least.
Sharky: WinMX is a perfect example of how a network that cannot be shut down can nonetheless be effectively marginalized.

By: killer

killer — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:00:15 +0000

the stat about one-third of all PCs worldwide now have LimeWire installed is wrong
the stat was incorrect because the person who made it assumed everyone had limewire instaled

By: Quartz

Quartz — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:00:47 +0000

Whilst you may think they have closed down WinMX thats far from the truth in fact the network is now one of the few run by its users utilising third party connection patches that remove fake files and blocks those attempting to launch them on the network.
This is something the original network operator was unable to do.

So whilst they may sue the companies behind the names never underestimate the army of technical users who actually can and will retreive any network from the cartels clutches if their is a need to and rest assured there are methods to remove any type of client “official” or otherwise.

By: sharky

sharky — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:21:23 +0000

We weren’t implying that Shareaza doesn’t work anymore (but let’s get real - they lost their domain to the RIAA and had no choice to set up shop elsewhere - a place that not everyone knows about, especially No0bs), and that the “official” domains of these websites are now under the control of the RIAA. You’re right - Limewire can never fall to the same fate as Napster, Grokster and eDonkey (but not because of those disclaimers that they mention, but because as long as there are users on the Gnutella network, Limewire will always continue to work. If the RIAA takes control of the official Limewire domain, the first thing they’ll do is replace that Limewire program with one of their own — a “pay P2P” program. This will entrap unsavvy users, and essentially Limewire will be driven underground much like how BearShare v5.2.5 is.

Regardless of Limewire’s fate - it is a moot point. There are dozens of other P2P clients that connect to the same Gnutella network. The importance lies in the P2P Network, not the P2P program.

SKINVISTA: the part about Shareaza not connecting to (Limewire) Gnutella UltraPeers, we had no difficulty whatsoever (in Shareaza v2.2.5). Here’s the proof:

By: SkinVista

SkinVista — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:20:28 +0000

Additionally, the targetting of Limewire may ALREADY be happening:
A much more important point for the article is the recent spate of “test” disruptions to the “Limewire network.”

http://forum.limewire.org/showthread.php?t=3818

By: SkinVista

SkinVista — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:14:18 +0000

3 Posts to Prove the RIAA / IFPI Connection:
Such hypocritical disregard for IP should be getting a lot more play.

http://www.shareazasecurity.be/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=913
http://www.shareazasecurity.be/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=914
http://www.shareazasecurity.be/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=916

By: Christopher

Christopher — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:11:23 +0000

A good article, but it has one thing wrong. Shareaza has not been taken down. Their site is still up at the sourceforge address, and they are fighting back against the RIAA by saying that they basically stole their website address under false pretenses.
As to the other applications you list there….. all of them are still around in one form or another. WinMX is still around, Napster is still around as a legal service (one that is not doing too well right now), and Limewire will not be falling prey to the same arguments that felled Grokster because they have a warning on the site that if you are going to use their software for illegal purposes, you cannot legally use the software in question.