Bearshare Shut Down by RIAA

Pichu0102 writes "According to WebProNews, Bearshare has been shut down by the RIAA." From the article: " Online file-sharing service BearShare, along with operators Free Peers Inc., is packing it up due to a $30 million settlement with the recording industry. The conditions of the settlement were agreed to by the P2P company to avoid further copyright infringement litigation."

Re:lol

[larry bagina]

currently... no one.

Re:lol

[secolactico]

I remember bearshare vaguely. Wasn't that a gnutella client with built-in spyware?

And in other news.....

[Anonymous Coward]

...today a new startup called ShareBear P2P was just formed....film at 11.

Re:lol

[linvir]

I think you mean "with advertising support".

so what you're saying is...

[larry bagina]

I just heard some sad news on slashdot - P2P/Warez appBearshare was found dead in their New York colo this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss them- even if you didn't enjoy downloading britney spears songs or installing bonzai buddy, there's no denying their contributions to FREE music. Truly a DMCA icon.

So ...

[Anonymous Coward]

The RIAA guys are paying the Bearshare company 30m right? As a compensation for redtape strongarm tactics?

WebProNews

[larry bagina]

I can't be the only one to notice... WebPronEws.

New Business Plan...

[Chaffar]

1. Create shady online file-sharing service.
2. Attract attention to yourself by any means possible EXCEPT by becoming popular amongst users.
3. Get paid 30M $ to stop your illegal activities.
4. Profit.

Keep this one in mind kids, it's not everyday you get a 4-step solution to easy money with all 4 steps included :)

Oblig Puns

[Anonymous Coward]

I guess they couldn't "bear" the legal fees for the case.

It was a "grizzly" trial.

The RIAA really got their fur ruffed by BearShare's actions.

Lets all give "paws" and contemplate this change in the P2P landscape.

This is the end of BearShare's "tail".

The 800lb Gorilla beat the Bear!

Re:Why spare the big fish?

[kimvette]

OMG, the URLs are not Y2.1K compliant. Whatever will Slashdot users do in the 2099/2100 rollover and afterward? They'll be all confoozled when they can't tell whether a DMCA article was posted in 2006 or 2106! The sky will fall, cats will be sleeping with dogs, and men will be marrying men. Oh the horror!

Re:WebProNews

[HermanAB]

pron ews...

AC/DC: "Dirty deeds, done with sheep..."

Uh oh, not Yogi Bearshare!

[Orion Blastar]

Bonzi Buddy "Hey Yogi, are you still hosting servers for that P2P filesharing network?"

Yogi Bearshare "Of course, Bonzi Buddy, how else can I afford to keep buying Picnic Baskets full of food? All I have to do is help people pirate music files and show advertising in their faces as they use my malware designed application."

Bonzi Buddy "But Yogi, Ranger RIAA won't like it."

Yogi Bearshare "Forget the Ranger, Bonzi Buddy, we are going to make a fortune."

Spiney Shyster "Excuse me, are you Yogi Bearshare?"

Yogi Bearshare "Of course, are you an advertiser who wants to advertise on my P2P file sharing network?"

Bonzi Buddy "Uh oh, I don't like the sound of this Yogi."

Yogi Bearshare "Nonsense, Bonzi Buddy, so whadda ya want Mack?"

Spiney Shyster "Here is a subpeona to appear in court, Ranger RIAA is suing you for $30 Million."

Sometimes /. freaks me out

[alx5000]

76 replies to the year problem:

• 38 noting you can change date/time format in preferences
• 2 how-to's on doing it.
• 1 freak who actually checked all Feb 22 back to 1995.
• 3 Y2K jokes (I actually laughed at the first one)
• 4 clueless people that wouldn't read any Informative's but still complain about the damn thing
• The other 29 are just ranting about SlashCode

Yeah. It damn feels like home.