Sephiroth
February 24th, 2004, 09:51 AM
The latest beta versions of EarthStation 5, the controversial program, has been confirmed in leeching off Gnutella and Fasttrack networks. It has been publically stated by the developer, in the change log, that they allow downloading, but not sharing through these networks.
“1. So I added FastTrack and Gnutella to ES5 using the giFT project. ES5 only downloads from these networks. It does not SHARE on them since they are insecure (sharing files on these networks you can be tracked and sued but downloading so far has been safe). Files that you download from these networks go into your New Media Files directory and DO get shared via the ES5 network.” -Source
The justification that is being used to leech off p2p networks for their own gain is that the “unprotected” work of p2p is going down and What they want to do “…is to salvage what we can before the Old Girl slips beneath the waves. Let's get the best of all that material onto the ES5 network where people can safely share it.”
Its ironic for a group that claims to support File Sharing/P2P, that their idea of support, is to exploit other networks by leeching off of them. Since ES5 claimed last August in a interview on Slyck that they had 12 million users, if that was true then there would be no need to leech from other networks. The arguement that this is ok, because their program is somehow safer is a poor one. Not only has ES5 not proven to be secure or "safe" by any means, but if they had a superior program, then they wouldnt need to leech to get files on their network.
This is only the beginning because there are plans to support other “unprotected” networks too including “Soulseek, Emule, Overnet, Gnutella2, more Gnutella, more FastTrack, Bittorrent”.
There is no excuse, and no justification, for any program to leech off any network with no ability to also share on it. This malicious behavior hurts all of File Sharing, and is exploiting users on other networks who do share for their own benefit.
The reason why i decided to post this is merely to inform people of the malicious practices that was uncovered about this program. I believe that people have a right to know this information, and since it has been made blantently obvious in public by employees of ES5 itself, they should have no problem with anyone else informing others.
“1. So I added FastTrack and Gnutella to ES5 using the giFT project. ES5 only downloads from these networks. It does not SHARE on them since they are insecure (sharing files on these networks you can be tracked and sued but downloading so far has been safe). Files that you download from these networks go into your New Media Files directory and DO get shared via the ES5 network.” -Source
The justification that is being used to leech off p2p networks for their own gain is that the “unprotected” work of p2p is going down and What they want to do “…is to salvage what we can before the Old Girl slips beneath the waves. Let's get the best of all that material onto the ES5 network where people can safely share it.”
Its ironic for a group that claims to support File Sharing/P2P, that their idea of support, is to exploit other networks by leeching off of them. Since ES5 claimed last August in a interview on Slyck that they had 12 million users, if that was true then there would be no need to leech from other networks. The arguement that this is ok, because their program is somehow safer is a poor one. Not only has ES5 not proven to be secure or "safe" by any means, but if they had a superior program, then they wouldnt need to leech to get files on their network.
This is only the beginning because there are plans to support other “unprotected” networks too including “Soulseek, Emule, Overnet, Gnutella2, more Gnutella, more FastTrack, Bittorrent”.
There is no excuse, and no justification, for any program to leech off any network with no ability to also share on it. This malicious behavior hurts all of File Sharing, and is exploiting users on other networks who do share for their own benefit.
The reason why i decided to post this is merely to inform people of the malicious practices that was uncovered about this program. I believe that people have a right to know this information, and since it has been made blantently obvious in public by employees of ES5 itself, they should have no problem with anyone else informing others.