Riaa At It Again

[Firefoxx]

Check it out:

http://www.gameshout.com/news/092005/article1223.htm

One casualty has been Winmx... their servers and websites have been shut down. Let's hope this is temoporary.

As for me, I never downloaded any MP3s or Hollywood movies from Winmx... why bother? The local stall has them.

[Tywais]

Check it out:

http://www.gameshout.com/news/092005/article1223.htm

One casualty has been Winmx... their servers and websites have been shut down.  Let's hope this is temoporary.

As for me, I never downloaded any MP3s or Hollywood movies from Winmx... why bother?  The local stall has them.

Maybe that explains why my WinMX is no longer able to establish a connection. Been wasting time analyzing my firewall configuration. Thanks for the info.

Anymore WinMX users here that cant get a connection?

Edited September 21, 2005 by tywais

[Crushdepth]

To avoid a potential RIAA lawsuit, file-sharing companies have the option of either implementing technology that is acceptable to the RIAA, or shutting down.

Uh huh. So, record companies have never been able to devise a method of preventing people from copying and distributing music. But now they're trying to force third parties - who don't get a share of the profits - to devise a method of preventing people from copying and distributing music, or be shot down. But RIAA members will continue to distribute music on readily copied media (CDs etc), that's ok.

I wonder what level technology they consider appropriate? Maybe we should ban FTP, that's definitely evil. Or just get rid of the web altogether? Perhaps they should sue hardware manufacturers as well, for producing devices capable of copying music?

They'd be better off exploiting the technology as the biggest marketing opportunity the music industry has EVER had, instead of trying to protect an ill-deserved and much-abused monopoly.

Losers!

[cdnvic]

All they can do even if their lawsuits work is push these operators offshore. Once they're off US territory it gets alot more difficult to harrass them.

Ever find it funny how companies like Sony, who own several music companies manufacture mp3 players and have had "record" buttons on their cassette (and even 8 tracks way back) for decades?

cv

[markt]

Maybe that explains why my WinMX is no longer able to establish a connection. Been wasting time analyzing my firewall configuration.  Thanks for the info.

Anymore WinMX users here that cant get a connection?

I cannot get a connection either.

Edited September 22, 2005 by markt

[francois]

hi'

winmx is well known but cannot be protected by peerguardian2 as any torrent client or even kazaa ...

soon, will happen to usenet, it's a question of time.

give a try to "overnet", make a search, find it easy and peerguardian2 can handle it, and only 2 ports to setup for server, so easy to make rules for firewall

but as cndvic said why bother when you can get what you want at the shop next door ...

btw .. the last Bruce Springsteen "devils and dust" is great

it deserved to be bought

francois

[Morbius]

I did a WHOIS on www.winmx.com and, from the result, it looks like the domain name is now registered to a company named 'WinMX Technology Associates' and based in Port Vila, Vanuatu. I think that this is a recent change, as they used to be in Canada. Perhaps those guys just want to get some sun tan...

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WHOIS

Registrant:

WinMX Technology Associates

PO Box 50

Port Vila,

VU

Domain name: WINMX.COM

Administrative Contact:

Registrations, Domain [email protected]

PO Box 50

Port Vila,

VU

+44 141 005 0251

Technical Contact:

Registrations, Domain [email protected]

PO Box 50

Port Vila,

VU

+44 141 005 0251

Registrar of Record: easyDNS Technologies, Inc.

Record last updated on 15-Aug-2005.

Record expires on 08-Oct-2008.

Record created on 08-Oct-2000.

Domain servers in listed order:

NS1.FRONTCODE.COM 66.132.147.54

NS2.FRONTCODE.COM 66.132.146.48

NS3.FRONTCODE.COM 216.127.74.62

Domain status: REGISTRAR-LOCK

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