The new version is finally here. eMule 0.49 concentrates on improving Kad making it more stable, reliable and future proof. Of course other areas got some attention too: The mainfeatures of this version are Major Kad protocol improvements, like kad obfuscation, better NAT handling, direct callbacks, flood protections, etc. Several changes to the message system…
The Beginners Basics to setting up and understanding how eMule works
Court system continues to defy copyright holders, ruling once again that noncommercial file-sharing in the country is legal, and also that links to infringing material is as well. For some time now Spanish judges have consistently ruled in favor of file-sharers, finding over and over that noncommercial P2P – file-sharing without motivation of profit – is legal in that country. As far back as 2006, Spanish judges have ruled that since the there is “no talk of money or any other compensation beyond the sharing of material available among various users” that “no offense meriting penal sanction has been committed.” Raul N.
After years of being a great Bittorrent indexing site used by millions, today it decided to go offline for good. Here are some of the btjunkie alternatives I prefer.
Let’s forget about the arguments for and against Bit Torrent for a second. Let’s forget about the MPAA’s all-out war against online piracy, and the fact that IP addresses associated with Paramount, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Walt Disney have all been caught pirating movies. Instead, I’d like to look at the…
The sharing of downloadable music files has had a potted history littered with technological advances, law suits, and drama. For those who were using the Internet around 1999 and 2000 you will be familiar with Napster which was the first giant of illegal music file sharing, and was the catalyst for many of the legitimate…