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18-03-02, 05:08 PM
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Dawn's private genie
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Non Americans playing a huge role in file sharing
It started out as Napster and Scour as the big two but now non Americans seem to be the major players. iMesh is Israeli, WinMX is Canadian,Gnutella has been popular in Europe and heavily developed by Germans. Blubster and Filetopia are Spanish, and many of the OpenNap servers are based in Europe and some in Japan. Many eDonkey servers appear to be European as well. Of course FastTrack is based in the Netherlands.
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18-03-02, 06:16 PM
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yea, it's me.
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Re: Non Americans playing a huge role in file sharing
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Wosh gosh darnit - It's amazing how well the WORLD can get along isn't it? One great big happy filesharing family, yes? 'Tis a shame this cooperative behavior doesn't spread itself around a bit    |
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18-03-02, 07:19 PM
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Madame Comrade
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Good observations napho and goldenrod!
 The international - dare I say global - nature of the filesharing phenomenon/movement/revolution is one of its best protections against corporate powers like the RIAA and the Hollywood. National borders are almost transparent in Internet communications, and the same applies to p2p communications and development. Even strict control measures in any particular country would simply push the filesharing activity and the hottest software development elsewhere. It does not matter where on the planet a p2p program is written and compiled, it takes just minutes to spread it all over the planet and perhaps a few hours to distribute it to millions. Quote:
  It is amazing indeed, and this remarkable thing has gone almost ignored by the mainstream media (not our WT though! ) Having millions of people from around the globe gathering eagerly together in the various p2p meeting places... most of them motivated to spend lots of quality time sharing and communicating with each other in a predominantly positive spirit... happily ignoring all geographic, national, religious, political, social and age borders that seem to generate constant tensions and conflicts in the real world... wow, that is a major achievement and it is by no means a thing of the past!- tg |
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19-03-02, 06:17 AM
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It is well established that the RIAA, and only the RIAA, has the right to exploit artists.
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The barrier of entry is still not low enough but that's got more to do with internet than with P2P. Not everyone has got high(er) speed internet access, and those who do have do not necessarily P2P. P2P is still in its infancy, just like the internet, and the RIAA can whine all it wants, it all be very difficult to stop this (r)evolution.
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20-03-02, 07:14 AM
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Thanks for being with arse
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20-03-02, 09:33 AM
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Down like a clown Charlie Br.. Down like a clown Charlie Br..
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Re: Re: Non Americans playing a huge role in file sharing
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Creator Kazaa BV, previously known as FastTrack, is still Netherlands based. According to CNet, this unknown Aussie company (No ACN number. nothing??)"now carries bragging rights as the world's largest file-swapping network" -Tom |
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20-03-02, 10:08 AM
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- a rascal -
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Newbie adds:
And Freenet was created by an Irishman.
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21-03-02, 04:53 AM
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Lucky Americans
At least the one who started it all was American. Whatever happened to Shawn Fanning?
You Americans are so lucky! You’ve got fantastic things like the RIAA, MusicNet, PressPlay. Here in Europe we have to manage without those guys.. Downloading of music is legit. Drinks and drugs are easy to get. What is mess Europe is. You should be grateful your ancestors wanted to move to the US. |
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23-03-02, 09:19 PM
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Thanks for being with arse
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Re: Re: Re: Non Americans playing a huge role in file sharing
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but just as australia never appears on any desktop map i have yet to see here it also never applies to lists like: iMesh is Israeli, WinMX is Canadian,Gnutella in Europe and heavily developed by Germans. Blubster and Filetopia are Spanish, and many of the OpenNap servers are based in Europe and some in Japan. Many eDonkey servers appear to be European as well. Of course FastTrack is based in the Netherlands. but it is an unknown company so .....i guess its fair enough  maybe us australian napsterite ninjas can stealth in to their offices and steal their secret agendas file......... |
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24-03-02, 01:39 AM
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- a rascal -
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Museekster?
Hi Kewbase,
Are you the Museekster Kewbase? And you're Dutch, right? If so, don't be overlook your own non-American P2P contribution. Thanks for creating FastTrack startfiles. Any more startfiles (or sites posting them) coming out?
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24-03-02, 09:06 AM
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Re: Lucky Americans
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