zippyjuan
02-23-2006, 12:02 PM
First word that they have been moving away from Bit Torrent to eDonkey:
Last Updated: Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 09:21 GMT 10:21 UK from the BBC
File-sharers move from BitTorrent
Peer-to-peer accounts for a large chunk of internet usage
File-sharers have moved away from the popular BitTorrent system following legal action, say experts.
Instead they have moved to another network called eDonkey, showed a study by internet analysis firm CacheLogic.
It found that eDonkey has become the dominant peer-to-peer file-sharing network in countries such as South Korea, Italy, Germany and Spain.
The study seems to suggest that the legal action to stamp out file-sharing is meeting with limited success.
BitTorrent alternatives
The movie industry started targeting the operators of BitTorrent networks themselves last December.
It has filed numerous lawsuits against BitTorrent server sites which linked to copyrighted material in order to undermine the ability to swap content.
History is repeating itself. File-sharers moved from Kazaa to BitTorrent and now to eDonkey
Andrew Parker, CacheLogic
The action resulted in the closure of some high-profile BitTorrent sites but appears to have had mixed success in stopping the widespread trading of films, TV shows and music.
While the use of BitTorrent has fallen, file sharers have moved to an alternative network called eDonkey.
This is a decentralised file-sharing network, where files are not stored on a central server but are exchanged directly between users based on the peer-to-peer principle.
In countries such as the UK, Japan and China, eDonkey was as widely used as BitTorrent, found CacheLogic.
In others like South Korea, it has become the most popular way of swapping content.
Cat and mouse game
"History is repeating itself," said Andrew Parker, CacheLogic's chief technology officer. "File-sharers moved from Kazaa to BitTorrent and now to eDonkey."
Some high-profile BitTorrent tracker sites have been closed down
"It's proof that legal pressure from industry groups results in the mass migration of file sharers to an alternative network, whether old or new.
In the US and Canada, there has been a surprising resurgence of the Gnutella file-sharing network.
It was one of the first P2P services to be targeted by the record industry but has since faded into the background.
"People are migrating to Gnutella as the attention of the record and movie industry is elsewhere," said Mr Parker.
"The conduit is irrelevant. People are after content. This cat and mouse game will continue."
According to CacheLogic, 60% of the traffic on the internet by the end of 2004 was made up of peer-to-peer activity, though it does not have a breakdown of how much of this is copyrighted material.
And now one of eDonkey's servers has been shut down:
Raids close file-sharing server
The Razorback server held an index of pirated movies and albums
Joint raids by police in Belgium and Switzerland have shut down a popular file-sharing server.
The Razorback2 server was part of the Edonkey file-sharing network and was used by a third of the system's users.
The server held an index of 170 million pirated files, said the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).
In the raids, the server's Swiss owner was arrested and the Razorback2 machines were seized from a Brussels-based hosting firm.
Stop serving
The statement from the MPAA said Razorback2 was one the largest of the 200 or so index servers on the Edonkey file-sharing network. Users consult these to track down files.
This is a major victory in our fight to cut off the supply of illegal materials being circulated on the internet via peer-to-peer networks
Dan Glickman, MPAA
It hosted one of Edonkey's most widely used indexes of pirated copies of movies, games, TV programmes, music tracks and software.
The joint raids are the latest move against the Edonkey network. Previously raids have shut down many of the file-sharing network's most popular servers in the US.
Unlike many other file-sharing servers, Razorback2 was run as a business and generated cash for its owners via donations and advertising.
In the statement Dan Glickman, MPAA chairman, said: "This is a major victory in our fight to cut off the supply of illegal materials being circulated on the internet via peer-to-peer networks."
It is unclear what effect the shutting down of the Razorback2 server will have on overall file-sharing figures.
Studies of the different file-sharing networks show that the numbers of people using Edonkey is on the increase. It has become the dominant network in South Korea, Italy, Germany and Spain.
However, following raids and shutdowns, many file-sharers simply move to other networks such as BitTorrent or have turned to older systems such as Usenet.
Notes posted on discussion groups by Edonkey users following the raid show that the numbers of people on the Edonkey network was back to normal a few hours after the server was shut down.
Last Updated: Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 09:21 GMT 10:21 UK from the BBC
File-sharers move from BitTorrent
Peer-to-peer accounts for a large chunk of internet usage
File-sharers have moved away from the popular BitTorrent system following legal action, say experts.
Instead they have moved to another network called eDonkey, showed a study by internet analysis firm CacheLogic.
It found that eDonkey has become the dominant peer-to-peer file-sharing network in countries such as South Korea, Italy, Germany and Spain.
The study seems to suggest that the legal action to stamp out file-sharing is meeting with limited success.
BitTorrent alternatives
The movie industry started targeting the operators of BitTorrent networks themselves last December.
It has filed numerous lawsuits against BitTorrent server sites which linked to copyrighted material in order to undermine the ability to swap content.
History is repeating itself. File-sharers moved from Kazaa to BitTorrent and now to eDonkey
Andrew Parker, CacheLogic
The action resulted in the closure of some high-profile BitTorrent sites but appears to have had mixed success in stopping the widespread trading of films, TV shows and music.
While the use of BitTorrent has fallen, file sharers have moved to an alternative network called eDonkey.
This is a decentralised file-sharing network, where files are not stored on a central server but are exchanged directly between users based on the peer-to-peer principle.
In countries such as the UK, Japan and China, eDonkey was as widely used as BitTorrent, found CacheLogic.
In others like South Korea, it has become the most popular way of swapping content.
Cat and mouse game
"History is repeating itself," said Andrew Parker, CacheLogic's chief technology officer. "File-sharers moved from Kazaa to BitTorrent and now to eDonkey."
Some high-profile BitTorrent tracker sites have been closed down
"It's proof that legal pressure from industry groups results in the mass migration of file sharers to an alternative network, whether old or new.
In the US and Canada, there has been a surprising resurgence of the Gnutella file-sharing network.
It was one of the first P2P services to be targeted by the record industry but has since faded into the background.
"People are migrating to Gnutella as the attention of the record and movie industry is elsewhere," said Mr Parker.
"The conduit is irrelevant. People are after content. This cat and mouse game will continue."
According to CacheLogic, 60% of the traffic on the internet by the end of 2004 was made up of peer-to-peer activity, though it does not have a breakdown of how much of this is copyrighted material.
And now one of eDonkey's servers has been shut down:
Raids close file-sharing server
The Razorback server held an index of pirated movies and albums
Joint raids by police in Belgium and Switzerland have shut down a popular file-sharing server.
The Razorback2 server was part of the Edonkey file-sharing network and was used by a third of the system's users.
The server held an index of 170 million pirated files, said the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).
In the raids, the server's Swiss owner was arrested and the Razorback2 machines were seized from a Brussels-based hosting firm.
Stop serving
The statement from the MPAA said Razorback2 was one the largest of the 200 or so index servers on the Edonkey file-sharing network. Users consult these to track down files.
This is a major victory in our fight to cut off the supply of illegal materials being circulated on the internet via peer-to-peer networks
Dan Glickman, MPAA
It hosted one of Edonkey's most widely used indexes of pirated copies of movies, games, TV programmes, music tracks and software.
The joint raids are the latest move against the Edonkey network. Previously raids have shut down many of the file-sharing network's most popular servers in the US.
Unlike many other file-sharing servers, Razorback2 was run as a business and generated cash for its owners via donations and advertising.
In the statement Dan Glickman, MPAA chairman, said: "This is a major victory in our fight to cut off the supply of illegal materials being circulated on the internet via peer-to-peer networks."
It is unclear what effect the shutting down of the Razorback2 server will have on overall file-sharing figures.
Studies of the different file-sharing networks show that the numbers of people using Edonkey is on the increase. It has become the dominant network in South Korea, Italy, Germany and Spain.
However, following raids and shutdowns, many file-sharers simply move to other networks such as BitTorrent or have turned to older systems such as Usenet.
Notes posted on discussion groups by Edonkey users following the raid show that the numbers of people on the Edonkey network was back to normal a few hours after the server was shut down.