According to c/net, but was it deliberate? Idiots.
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"StreamCast Networks' Morpheus--a file-swapping service that many have said would be impossible for courts to shut down—-shut out most of its users Tuesday, citing "technical problems."
Computer users trying to log on to the service were greeted with a message telling them to upgrade their software to connect, although no newer version of the software was available. The outage immediately sparked a huge increase in traffic on alternative file-swapping services, such as Gnutella."
- js.
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