Record labels tout program to disable swapping

Trev · 09-26-2005

Seems I was mistaken, eDonkey are still running, only their offices have closed. They're kicking BitTorrents ass as well:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050829-5255.html

Last year, BitTorrent traffic accounted for nearly half of all Internet traffic. After Hollywood retaliated with a barrage of lawsuits and legal threats against Web sites that provided trackers—links signaling BitTorrent how to download files—usage dropped, but a recent study by Internet analysis firm CacheLogic reports that former BitTorrent users have simply switched to eDonkey, another peer-to-peer file-sharing network.

"This is almost assuredly a result of the increased legal action toward the once-ignored BitTorrent - a game of P2P hide-and-seek," said CacheLogic's chief technology officer Andrew Parker.

The CacheLogic report ranked South Korea, which has the highest percentage of high-speed broadband users, as the country with the most eDonkey users, along with Italy, Germany, and Spain. The United States also saw a resurgence in the popularity of the Gnutella file-sharing network, which experienced a similar drop in popularity after music companies cracked down on its usage.

With many once-popular trackers closed down in response to legal threats, BitTorrent users may have switched to alternative file-sharing networks such as eDonkey and Gnutella in an effort to find movies and music files for download. In addition, the MPAA's tactic of prosecuting users via BitTorrent tracker logs may also account for the move to eDonkey, which provides a decentralized service. The lack of a central server means additional anonymity for file sharers, although P2P users have already proved unlikely to be dissuaded by the threat of prosecution. CacheLogic reports that the highly-publicized MGM v. Grokster ruling did not cause the drop in file sharing that Hollywood had hoped for. As Parker noted, Gnutella's reported demise and recent return was "proof that legal pressure from industry groups results in the mass migration of file sharers to an alternative network, whether old or new."

09-26-2005	#4
Trev Cunty Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,150	Re: Record labels tout program to disable swapping Seems I was mistaken, eDonkey are still running, only their offices have closed. They're kicking BitTorrents ass as well: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050829-5255.html Last year, BitTorrent traffic accounted for nearly half of all Internet traffic. After Hollywood retaliated with a barrage of lawsuits and legal threats against Web sites that provided trackers—links signaling BitTorrent how to download files—usage dropped, but a recent study by Internet analysis firm CacheLogic reports that former BitTorrent users have simply switched to eDonkey, another peer-to-peer file-sharing network. "This is almost assuredly a result of the increased legal action toward the once-ignored BitTorrent - a game of P2P hide-and-seek," said CacheLogic's chief technology officer Andrew Parker. The CacheLogic report ranked South Korea, which has the highest percentage of high-speed broadband users, as the country with the most eDonkey users, along with Italy, Germany, and Spain. The United States also saw a resurgence in the popularity of the Gnutella file-sharing network, which experienced a similar drop in popularity after music companies cracked down on its usage. With many once-popular trackers closed down in response to legal threats, BitTorrent users may have switched to alternative file-sharing networks such as eDonkey and Gnutella in an effort to find movies and music files for download. In addition, the MPAA's tactic of prosecuting users via BitTorrent tracker logs may also account for the move to eDonkey, which provides a decentralized service. The lack of a central server means additional anonymity for file sharers, although P2P users have already proved unlikely to be dissuaded by the threat of prosecution. CacheLogic reports that the highly-publicized MGM v. Grokster ruling did not cause the drop in file sharing that Hollywood had hoped for. As Parker noted, Gnutella's reported demise and recent return was "proof that legal pressure from industry groups results in the mass migration of file sharers to an alternative network, whether old or new." __________________ Sucks to be you.