The RIAA has taken the Grokster ruling, widely predicted to have a chilling effect on new technology, and applied it to old technology in a chilling way. Sending cease-and-desist letters seems to be having the desired effect, shutting down operation of long-running network WinMX. A related story noted that eDonkey was no longer operating in New York, but the significance of that item was squashed when eDonkey announced that it closed the New York office in 1994.
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Posted at 4:30AM on Dec 19th 2005 by jonasmar@islandia.is