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Kazaa strikes back at Hollywood, labels

Kazaa strikes back at Hollywood, labels
Sharman Networks, owner of the popular Kazaa file-swapping software, has launched a legal counterstrike against the major record labels and Hollywood studios, asserting that they have “obscenely” abused their copyright powers.

Posted by rshah on February 04, 2003| Comments (0)

Nudester, a file-trading network for adult entertainment

Nudester, a file-trading network for adult entertainment
See story at Wired

Posted by rshah on May 16, 2001| Comments (0)

Peekabooty: An anti-censor browser

Peekabooty: An anti-censor browser
P2P network where you can request certain files, documents or web pages to be placed on the network. Once they appear, the browser packages them, encrypts them, and sends them to the computer that requested them.

Posted by rshah on May 07, 2001| Comments (0)

Opennap at Sourceforge

Opennap at Sourceforge
Open Source Napster Server - Napster is a protocol for sharing mp3 files between clients. The server acts as a broker and search engine for client transfers. It also features group and private chat, similar to IRC.

Posted by rshah on April 05, 2001| Comments (0)

Share Sniffer: Who needs Napster when you have Windows?

Share Sniffer: Who needs Napster when you have Windows?
The hole is a networking protocol called "NetBIOS," and if you don't know it's there -- or, say, if you've inadvertently instructed it to open your computer to the world -- it's like a gaping maw. NetBIOS allows any number of computer users to make all or part of their system visible to others, which entails little more than checking a box that says, literally, "I want to be able to give others access to my files."

Posted by rshah on March 30, 2001| Comments (0)

POLISHED SCOUR HAS RETURNED

POLISHED SCOUR HAS RETURNED
A new, supposedly legal version of Scour Exchange was launched. At one point, the file-swapping program rivalled Napster, however it too faced a lawsuit and found itself in a position to potentially go bankrupt. The new version will protect anything distributed inside the peer-to-peer network from illegal copying.

Posted by rshah on March 27, 2001| Comments (0)

Audiomill's Bitbop Tuner

Audiomill's Bitbop Tuner
There are thousands of streaming-audio radio stations online at any given moment. You tell the BitBop tuner what band or song you want to listen to and the software searches for stations that are either playing your song at that very moment or likely to do so soon. The BitBop Tuner will not only play the song for you immediately, but will also make a permanent copy of it on your hard drive.

Posted by rshah on March 20, 2001| Comments (0)

List of alternative programs posted on Slashdot

Posted by rshah on March 19, 2001| Comments (0)

Downslam

Downslam
Unsigned or independently signed artists can sign up for free music promotion and distribution through DownSlam. The musician signs a Promotional Licensure Agreement (PLA) that allows us to store your music, stream it out over our streaming radio station and sell it to listeners on your behalf.

Posted by rshah on March 08, 2001| Comments (0)

Fairtunes.com: File-swapping services seek refuge overseas

Fairtunes.com: File-swapping services seek refuge overseas
A 21-year-old Canadian said he plans to establish a Napster clone off the coast of Britain in an attempt to sidestep U.S. copyright laws, see also Slashdot

Posted by rshah on March 05, 2001| Comments (0)

WinMX

WinMX
WinMX is a FREE file-sharing program like no other. It allows you to simultaneously connect to many established networks based on the OpenNap and Napster protocols. This means MORE USERS and MORE SEARCH RESULTS than other sharing programs. WinMX also supports ANY FILE TYPE, allowing you access to a diverse assortment of shared VIDEO and PICTURE files as well as the usual MP3 AUDIO files.

Posted by rshah on February 28, 2001| Comments (0)

Snoopstar: Bertelsmann's Own File-Swapping Service

Snoopstar: Bertelsmann's Own File-Swapping Service
Until just a few weeks ago, a low-profile Bertelsmann subsidiary was testing a file-swapping search engine that could have expanded the media giant's profile well beyond controversial partner Napster. A Bertelsmann spokesman said that file-swapping service Snoopstar, which was running in a beta program until earlier this month, had been shut down as the giant focuses on its venture with Napster itself.

Posted by rshah on February 28, 2001| Comments (0)

Jxta - Sun's peer to peer technology

Posted by rshah on February 16, 2001| Comments (0)

Xoutlook

Xoutlook
XDegrees, a small P2P start-up, has developed a plug-in for Microsoft Outlook that turns it into a peer-based Internet file sharing application

Posted by rshah on February 14, 2001| Comments (0)

Mojo Nation

Mojo Nation
An Interview with the creator Jim McCoy.

Posted by rshah on February 07, 2001| Comments (0)

FIle Sharing Programs / Clients from Open Directory

Posted by rshah on December 02, 2000| Comments (0)

Leechnet: A peer-to-peer system for sharing porn

Posted by rshah on December 01, 2000| Comments (0)

Globedrive

Globedrive
NewYork-based startup GlobeDrive plans to unveil a version of its peer-to-peer network that will let users swap MP3 files in a private, password-protected, invitation-only environment -- far from the prying eyes of record company executives.

Posted by rshah on November 29, 2000| Comments (0)

Newtella

Posted by rshah on November 27, 2000| Comments (0)

prOnster! The ultimate prOn file sharing application

prOnster! The ultimate prOn file sharing application
There are some specific tools for sharing images by now, which translates to "porn-sharing" (although other images are certainly made available, they are not significant). Here's the major "Pornsters" in comparison. They are all for Windows and all use a central server to index files.

Posted by rshah on November 22, 2000| Comments (0)

Peer Profiteer - Flycode

Peer Profiteer - Flycode
Legal battles have already dragged Napster’s peer-to-peer content model into court. Flycode believes it can make it work, legally.

Posted by rshah on November 21, 2000| Comments (0)

Groove Networks

Groove Networks
Groove Networks on Tuesday took the wraps off software for collaborating over the Internet. The brainchild of Lotus Notes creator Ray Ozzie, the collaborative software takes a Napster-like approach to sharing files, ideas and data, see also Slashdot

Posted by rshah on October 24, 2000| Comments (0)

INoize - Napster alternative touts encrypted service

Posted by rshah on October 19, 2000| Comments (0)

Tropus is yet another distributed file-sharing program

Tropus is yet another distributed file-sharing program
Why bother? Because Tropus uses the much-discussed Freenet datastore, which should give it excellent anonymity and scalability.

Posted by rshah on October 17, 2000| Comments (0)

Uplister

Uplister
Uplister today announced a Web-based playlist sharing community that provides music enthusiasts with a software platform to create, showcase and trade their personal music tastes and experiences in the form of playlists.

Posted by rshah on October 04, 2000| Comments (0)

GPulp: Next generation of gnutella

GPulp: Next generation of gnutella
See also Slashdot

Posted by rshah on September 19, 2000| Comments (0)

iMesh

iMesh
Another centralized system, this one IDs people and files

Posted by rshah on August 30, 2000| Comments (0)

Applesoup

Applesoup
A potential authorized music file sharing program

Posted by rshah on July 31, 2000| Comments (0)

Mojo Nation

Mojo Nation
Allows payment to and from users for sharing files

Posted by rshah on July 30, 2000| Comments (0)