xMule Dev Shut Down

Taken from here

Apparently I have been subpoenad, personally, on 8-17-2003 by an as-yet
unknown entity under the DMCA clause, because of xmule, when it went on
to gov’ment radar w/ the e-matters.de alert The subpoena lasts,
suposedly, until Dec 6, when i must stand infrotn of a federal appellet
court

100% of My job is online
100% of My school is online
100% of My friends are online
100% of My hobbies are online

and if i can’t use a comptuer at all, they might as well put me in a federal
prison taht allows me to read and purchase any book i want…

As of 7:43AM MST (-7 UTC) my personal internet connection was shut down
due to “unacceptable use”. It took me 6 hours to finally contact my ISP
customer support, a local cable modem provider, because they were
swamped with MSBLASTER calls.

I was redirected to a 1800 number who redirected me to some other
number, etc, until i finally reached a federal clerk’s office in
Washington, D.C. who informed me that it *seems* as though I have been
personally subpaened by the USA Gov’ment on behalf of the RIAA. They
told me that they were limited in their search for information due to
the late hour (8PM EDT (-4 UTC)), but that the prosecuting body that
issued under hte auspicies of the DMCA and NOT in the same category as
the other 8,000+ copyright violation affidavits issued by the RIAA in
recent months.

Additional bad news: xmule.org has reached 90% of its allocated monthly
bandwidth. It is the 19th. I am very incapable of rectifying this
decision w/out knowledgeable outside assistance in the United States
(due to telephone communication required). If you can help me set up
the other webserver, please contact me at 520-296-3408.

Unless DRASTIC action is taken within the next 48 hours, or my internet
connection is restored, xmule.org forums will be permanently shut down
until the bandwidth issue can be resolved.

Supposedly, the subpaena was filed on 8-17-2003. For those that know,
the e-matters.de published xmule ni its security bulletin, thus,
probably, raising us to teh level of teh RIAA’s notice for the first
time. Since I am the only american developer, and since i am really the
only main developer, it seems they struck at the source.

I have not received written or otherwise announcement of the subpaena,
and i still do not know the ramifications of my injunction. I may be
able to use dialup or even DSL, cable is certainly out, or I may be
completely barred form teh internet (this message might be illegal)

At this point i *know* i will need to hire a civil rights attorney, and
if I am not liable to a prison sentence, then I might be able to leave
the United States to either Mexico or Canada, at which point i will
also need money to relocate…So any donations are greatly appreciated.
PLEASE use the Amazon donation box, since it requires no online access
by me, while paypal erquires a connectino.

I wont’ know what my options are until some time tomorrow or later.
Development of xMule seems to be the most likely target of me, since I
have downloaded very little copyrighted material over the last, o, 6
months. I figured that before i found out i was banned completely from
the internet i would send this mesasge…

Keep it real…weclome to the Fourth Reich of Amerika.

Un-Thesis

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