eDonkey's ass is shut

ONLINE FILESHARING outfit eDonkey has been forced to close and pay $30 million to the recording industry for ever existing.

MetaMachine, which owned eDonkey, was one of seven outfits to receive shut down letters by the Recording Industry Association of America. BearShare, i2Hub, WinMX, and Grokster have reached similar agreements. Warez P2P, Limewire and Soulseek have not made any agreement yet.

A spokesRIAA described the eDonkey closure as another domino falling, although that is usually seen as a bad thing, so we think he might have got a bit mixed up.

Under the agreement MetaMachine agreed to immediately cease distributing eDonkey, eDonkey 2000, and Overnet. It has also said that it will take steps to stop punters using previously downloaded versions of the eDonkey software.

The eDonkey Web site has a sign up saying that the eDonkey2000 Network was no longer available. It also has the RIAA's requested mantra that people who steal music or movies are breaking the law.

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