Legal action EDonkey network




1 legal action

1.1 legal action against edonkey 2000
1.2 confiscation of razorback 2
1.3 edonkey poisoning





legal action
legal action against edonkey 2000

on september 13, 2006, metamachine inc., developer of edonkey2000 client, agreed pay $30 million avoid potential copyright infringement lawsuits brought riaa. in accordance agreement, edonkey discontinue distribution of software take measures prevent use of previous copies of software file sharing.


confiscation of razorback 2

razorback2 server of edonkey network, known being able handle 1 million users simultaneously.


on 21 february 2006, several servers (including razorback2), located in belgian datacenter, confiscated belgian police, , operator, lives in switzerland, arrested. done after local judge authorized confiscation @ datacenter in zaventem near brussels, after denouncement of motion picture association of america (mpaa), in collaboration international federation of phonographic industry.


the mpaa chairman , ceo dan glickman, described raid major victory :



this major victory in our fight cut off supply of illegal materials being circulated on internet via peer-to-peer networks. shaving illegal traffic of copyrighted works facilitated razorback2, depleting other illegal networks of ability supply internet pirates copyrighted works positive step in our international effort fight piracy.



besides having razorback s equipment confiscated , site shut down, copyright enforcement entities such mpaa , ifpi have set several razorback2 fake servers online, purpose of mimicking original servers yield no useful results, hampering file-sharing traffic. afterwards, swiss anti-piracy tech firm logistep sa hired further intimidate , prosecute filesharing users.


edonkey poisoning

servers have appeared on edonkey network censor shared content searches , information files type of file (such video or mp3) or keywords. these servers report large numbers of users (up 1.5 million) connected them, raising number of users in network 10—13 million; however, impossible determine how many people connected them. such servers disseminate advertisements disguised commonly searched-for music/video files.








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