Posted by George Hester on 11/15/51 11:27

"name" <dohduhdah@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1127567444.324403.182260@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> Trish wrote:
> > I have used Winmx for several years with no problems. But over the last
few
> > months I have been having problems downloading. Some will download fine
and
> > within minutes, but there are a lot that either take days or will not
> > download at all. Will clicking on your link fix this.
>
> This is probably some other issue. The patch is only intended to make
> sure
> WinMX connects again (since the RIAA attack a few days ago prevented
> WinMX from connecting).
>
> > My Winmx is Version
> > 3.53. What does your patch repair exactly? Thanks.
> >
> > "anthonyberet" <nospam@me.invalid> wrote in message
> > news:3pkrd9Faq1faU1@individual.net...
> > > Here is the link.
> > >
> > > http://www.winmxworld.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=419
> > >
> > > I always thought the winmx community was a strong one, but I have been
> > > amazed at how quickly these workarounds have appeared since the
official
> > > winmx cache servers were taken offline.
> > >
> > > I do wonder however, as there seem to be two different host patches
going
> > > around, if there are now two (or more) separate winmx networks?
> > >
> > > The one I am on does seem to be functioning well - I have more
secondary
> > > connections than usual, but the quality of the files turning up in
> > > searches looks very good.
> > >
> > > I suppose the need for a patch will reduce the userbase, but the more
> > > motivated members of the community will remain, so at the moment at
least,
> > > the winmx network looks more healthy than it has for a while.
> > >
> > > -There do seem to still be spoofed files for some titles - but now
there
> > > is more chance of the sources being blocked centrally once the network
is
> > > stable.
> > >
> > > I look forward to seeing how all this develops.
>

As far as I know RIAA "attcked" nothing. Their lawyers put the fear of God
into P2P developers. That was all it took. The loss in Network as a direct
response to RIAA lawyer threats. That is it.

--
George Hester
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