RIAA Body Count – Sept 18
A current list of casualties and friendlies in the RIAA war against P2P developers follows.
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This list includes only parties that publicly develop decentralized P2P software for major networks. It does not include freeware/open source resuscitations or distributions, web sites, servers, international software or services, or older software (Napster 1.0, Scour, Aimster, Audiogalaxy, etc.).
The P2P Insider's Blog will run occasional updates. Feel free to comment with additions. Go to RIAABodyCount.com to be forwarded to the latest Body Count.
In the past 6 months, the war against P2P has reached a critical stage. Courts from around the world (including the United States, Spain, Taiwan and Australia) have united in their decisions against P2P operators and ordered some of the most popular to shut down their operations. It appears that as quickly as P2P has spread since Napster , the closing down of operators is now happening just as fast.
No matter how many lawsuits they throw out, the people are always going to win. There’s no way to prevent people from wanting to share information without constraint. I just don’t think it’s ever going to be possible – another network will spring up right where the last one left off.