XPost: alt.music.mp3, alt.music.independent, alt.gothic   
   From: napsterneorenegade@hotmail.com   
      
   Tim McGaughy wrote:   
   > bigscreen@operamail.com wrote:   
   >   
   >> Any big users of the eDonkey2000 network will already have noticed that   
   >> huge servers such as Razorback2 seem to have disappeared. The Federal   
   >> Belgian Police raided and seized the servers yesterday. For those not   
   >> familiar with how an ed2k server works, it does not host any files,   
   >> either copyrighted or other, but it does index their location on the   
   >> network. The eDonkey2000 network consists of many servers located   
   >> around the world that work in a similar way.   
   >>   
   >> "The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will   
   >> slip through your fingers."   
   >   
   >   
   > Okay, I'll bite.   
   >   
   > How does 'Federal Belgian Police' translate to 'monopolising jewish   
   > tyrants'?   
   >   
   > And why should I be worried that someone doing something illegal in   
   > Belgium got caught?   
      
   Indeed. And as if eDonkey was any good in the first place... the way   
   they prioritize downloads based on how much you upload means you have to   
   have the program open and uploading virtually all the time if you EVER   
   want to be able to download anything.   
      
   - NRen2k5   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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