Danish police shuts down eDonkey servers - P2P-Zone

TankGirl · 20-09-02, 03:53 AM

http://www.infoanarchy.org/story/2002/9/19/152851/215

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erik on InfoAnarchy (Thu Sep 19th, 2002)

In an unprecedented move, the Danish police has shut down at least six servers on the eDonkey2000 network on Monday (Heise has a German summary). eDonkey-servers are similar to Napster servers -- they do not host any actual files (and unlike Napster, eDonkey indexes much more than just music). Apparently, Danish police acted under pressure from the anti-piracy group, Antipiratgruppen. One of their representatives even accompanied the police raid on one eDonkey server operator's home.

The operator of that server, Siffan, has contacted an attorney and has gained access to a friend's computer. He is blogging the events as they unfold, currently in Danish, but English translations will follow soon. According to people on the #SiffansPlace IRC channel, 11 more eDonkey client users were "busted", but only 2 persons were charged. More details as they emerge.

Check the above InfoAnarchy link for updates.

- tg

JackSpratts · 20-09-02, 07:08 AM

the politicians are setting themselves up for unemployment, the media companies for boycotts. apparently you can have sex with a twelve year old in this country but it's now illegal to swap songs? priorities. something profoundly unbalanced there...

- js.

Smoketoomuch · 20-09-02, 08:41 AM

OMG -"Antipiratgruppen" - sounds dreary.

pod · 20-09-02, 02:15 PM

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Originally posted by Smoketoomuch
OMG -"Antipiratgruppen" - sounds dreary.

A typical 'germanism'. They just love to make new words by stringing a bunch smaller ones together.

Also, this may explain why I can't seem to connect to any donkey server all of a sudden. They're all taken down by either the police or the owners.

napho · 20-09-02, 02:37 PM

Europeans were a little smug about the US courts stopping filesharing. They felt that they were somehow exempt from copyright laws...think again. This is one big unified world.

btw pod- it's still easy to connect; just get a fresh server list every time you open eDonkey.

SA_Dave · 20-09-02, 03:25 PM

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Originally posted by Smoketoomuch
OMG -"Antipiratgruppen" - sounds dreary.

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...the anti-piracy group, Antipiratgruppen.

To me, it just sounds redundant!

pod · 23-09-02, 11:59 AM

[edited to protect the brain challanged]

20-09-02, 08:41 AM	#3
Smoketoomuch freak Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hungary Posts: 906	OMG -"Antipiratgruppen" - sounds dreary. __________________ "If you open your mind too wide, people would throw trash in it"

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20-09-02, 07:08 AM	#2
JackSpratts Join Date: May 2001 Location: New England Posts: 10,017	the politicians are setting themselves up for unemployment, the media companies for boycotts. apparently you can have sex with a twelve year old in this country but it's now illegal to swap songs? priorities. something profoundly unbalanced there... - js.

20-09-02, 02:37 PM	#5
napho Dawn's private genie Join Date: May 2001 Location: the Canadian wasteland Posts: 4,461	Europeans were a little smug about the US courts stopping filesharing. They felt that they were somehow exempt from copyright laws...think again. This is one big unified world. btw pod- it's still easy to connect; just get a fresh server list every time you open eDonkey.

23-09-02, 11:59 AM	#7
pod Bumbling idiot Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Vancouver, CA Posts: 787	[edited to protect the brain challanged]