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Posted by FatKat on 09/30/05 14:20
pooter wrote:
> 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?
I never said anything about coverage being positive or negative, or
even whether WinMX users should even want there to be any coverage at
all -obviously nobody wants the industry alerted if they can still
affect the networks. I'm just curious as to whether the media, which
has noted Frontcode's apparent shutdown, even knows that WinMX itself
is still being used.
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