what happend to winmx?

[thewoahna]

I try to connect.... nothing. I go to the website, and its like it doesnt even exist. I liked winmx, I hope it isnt gone forever. Besides limewire, what else can I replace it with?

[NutBucket]

Probably gone. I haven't tried using it in at least a year though.

[Dirty Harry]

Screw it. Use Kazaa lite K++ (the one ordered removed from all download sites in court). Install file is kpp243e.exe

[Maple50175]

ARES OR LIMEWIRE owns you lol

[skubydobdo]

man, kazaa gives me nothin but corrupt files, but limewire has never let me down yet!!!!!! the best i use so far.

[Dirty Harry]

It's not necessarily the client software's fault if you're getting corrupt files. I use kpp243 all the damn time and get exactly what I want. Seems to me like there's a PBCAK problem.

[mondojackal]

i use bearshare, never had any problems with it...

[Dirty Harry]

You must not mind spyware then.

[4CYLPOWER92]

winmx is the best. I hope it comes back up soon.

[mrhonda]

I try to connect.... nothing. I go to the website, and its like it doesnt even exist.

Ah ha....so I guess its not just me then huh. Damn this sucks, I hope its not gone forever.

[texasvtak]

Ares.

[4CYLPOWER92]

WinMX and eDonkey: offline, doors closed
But gone for good?
By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco
Published Thursday 22nd September 2005 05:42 GMT


The "darknets" were looking a even darker today. WinMX spent the day offline and eDonkey has closed its New York office, Reuters reports. Both P2P file sharing networks WinMX and eDonkey are bearing the brunt of increased pressure on companies who encourage copyright infringement.

While the US Supreme Court's June Grokster ruling was widely misinterpreted in the popular inkies as signaling the death of P2P technology - it actually bounced the major issues back down to the lower courts - the Court nevertheless frowned on companies who encourage infringement.

"We hold that one who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright, as shown by the clear expression or other affirmative steps taken to foster infringement, is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by third parties," wrote Justice Souter.

Last week the RIAA sent seven letters to the networks, reportedly including BearShare, LimeWire and WinMX. WinMX was offline most of Wednesday, and Reuters also reports that eDonkey's New York office is closed.

Earlier in the week Mashboxx was said to be in talks to acquire Grokster and turn into a non-infringing, legal network. Mashboxx's Wayne Rosso was briefly President at Grokster.

It's clearly too early to say if eDonkey is a dead donkey. But with Mashboxx and "MSPs" gearing up to offer walled garden file sharing, and Ian "Freenet" Clarke promising new, untraceable P2P by the end of the year, the stage is set for the next act. ®

[br0nx finest]

Limewire pro owns all.

[thewoahna]

I have tried looking for kpp243 and all i can find are ones in differant languages that I cant read

[Beefy]

i use bit torrent