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Posted by pooter on 09/30/05 14:07
FatKat [robynari@juno.com] said
>
> fred-bloggs wrote:
> > Vegas@WhosYourDaddy.com (Vegas) wrote in news:jdY_e.40843$sx2.23902
> > @fed1read02:
> >
> > > R.I.P.
> > >
> > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/22/p2p_networks_darken/
> >
> > just shows you shouldn't *believe* what you read on the internet
> >
> I read the article, and I'm fascinated that such an informed piece
> still missed the big story. As far as the media is concerned, WinMX
> was a network run little (if at all) different from Grokster, by guys
> who encouraged piracy - and now it too has fallen. I've seen no
> mention of WinMX being a network initially promulgated by guys who
> don't even encourage you to use their software (let alone for piracy),
> and not a word about the fact that rumors of its shutdown are
> exagerrated. Has anybody seen a media report aknowledging that WinMX
> users are still on-line and sharing?
Would it not be better to not have such 'positive' media coverage as
heads above the parapet have a tendency to get sliced off?
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