If the situation was not bad enough for the music industry, the movie world is about to get renewed threat to its distribution model with the release of DivX;-) version 5. DivX is not the defunct copy protection system but an optimized version of Microsoft’s MPEG4 format. The current version of Divx achieves significant compression [...]

Some users(like me) have big problems to have a stable connection to the Fasttrack-Network. Here the solution: try sharing 400 or fewer files. If that does not work, try less and less down to none and see if it works!This should be a temporary situation, but it seems to allow Kazaa and Grokster to stay [...]

Probably a story that most of you don’t want to read, but cNet has a published story about John Sankus, Jr who allegedly ran the massive piracy syndication DrinkOrDie. He entered a plea of “guilty” which could give him up to five years in prison if they toss the book at him. From The Story [...]

Don’t switch over to Kazaa just yet (although for some reason they say Morpheus Users, come join us’)… the Morpheus Preview Edition will be coming out soon in “just a matter of days”. This version may hopefully include the much-anticipated Gnutella integration that we’ve heard so much about. So get ready! Zeropaid Note: Here are [...]

With pressing legal issues down the road, and their recent server malfunctions, many Morpheus users may be at a loss in terms of filesharing. I figure its time to shortly recap and reevaluate other programs that may be useful while Morpheus’ future remains in question. Lets start with EDonkey 2000, which has recently been grabbing [...]

Today Morpheus (StreamCast) , Grokster and the EFF submitted final writen arguments in the RIAA Case against Fasttrack. They argued that if “Morpheus Is Illegal, So Is The Rest Of The Net”. A summary judgement notion will be issued on March 4th. Read the full story here. Zeropaid Note: Get the update on the story [...]

Here’s an article from Reuters that looks more like propaganda and disinformation than actual news. This article can be very deceptive from a casual observation. It’s about the RIAA’s accusations of internet piracy being responsible for the drop in record sells over the past year. The first paragraph reads, “…music fans…pirate songs…rather than pay up [...]

The popular file swapping service Morpheus is experiencing problems with their server and became unavailable earlier this morning. Users attempting connections are told that their current version of the Morpheus software has expired and requires an update. In fact, there is no update at this time – the error message reported is incorrect, a symptom [...]

Ever since Audiogalaxy, the largest MP3-devoted P2P system in the world, introduced its payable AG Gold version, people have been wondering: will it mean that the regular version will be discontinued? It seems that AG really thinks of taking this path: instead of making AG Gold rich in new features and free from the bugs [...]

Hey, got a technical problem you just cant solve? We all have, now Zeropaid is here to help! We have always offered this service in the past, but we just unvailied a totally refurbished system of getting you answers. Simply Email [email protected] for a fast personal responce from me (Sean) or Matt (Dr. Fileshare) Or [...]

An advisory from the Security Focus website says that some MP3 files played in either Windows Media or Real One can be exploited to include javascript and other potentially malicious code. Spammers and porn sites have found out how to create and use such bogus mp3s, and have been seeding some of the file sharing [...]

In recent months, Zeropaid.com has been covering several stories concerning CD Protection and how it affects consumers rights when purchasing CD’s. We’ve discussed how Phillips is fighting this technology and will deny the use of the patent, how lawmakers feel about it (Is CD copy-protection illegal?) and how record companies are slipping copy protected CDs [...]

The latest Grokster version contians what many consider “spyware”. Much like Imesh you must install it, and if you remove it with Adware Grokster will not function The statement is taken from grokster support forum: Grokster must earn enough to pay for its development, licensing, servering, bandwidth, support, management and last, but not least, the [...]

From Cnet.com: “A federal judge gave file-swapping company Napster a significant win in court Friday, ordering new scrutiny of the big record labels’ ownership rights to music that could impact their own online plans… “The evidence now shows that the plaintiffs have licensed their catalogues of works for digital distribution in what could be an [...]

Well, the RIAA is at it again, this time with their crosshairs aimed into a different direction. Who will the killing machine decide to go after next you may ask… Webcasting. The RIAA now wants to affix a pay-per-rate for songs on Internet Radio although traditional broadcasts over FM, AM, and any other form of [...]

In this copyrighted Reuters story from cNet.com, the United Nations has added more fuel to the world wide file trading fire. Are copyrights enforceable world wide? Are copyrights enforceable at ALL in the age of digital media? I wonder if the battle is already lost. “GENEVA — A groundbreaking international pact to protect musicians and [...]

LimeWire has released another version, 2.2.1. They have a huge list of new features and it looks pretty cool. So huge, in fact, I’m not gonna post ‘em here. If you want to look, wait until they update their features page and look there. In the meantime, go download the new version.

Not that anyone here will admit to using Microsoft’s Media Player, but this story from MSNBC writes about just how insidious Microsoft when it comes to their “customer’s” privacy. “Microsoft’s new version of its popular Media Player software is logging the songs and movies that customers play. The company said Wednesday it was changing its [...]

Current Version: BETA 5 ( NOW WITH DECENTRALIZED CHAT! ) Known Issues The current beta version has the following known issues which we are working to correct: – all links to web site are currently under construction – problems maximizing windows, Hotlist needs to have “always on top” – OpenNap functionality incomplete, WSX files not [...]

Andromeda turns collections of MP3s and other files into easy-to-use, streaming web sites (you’ll also need a Web server capable of running PHP or ASP scripts). It’s not exactly a file sharing program; instead, it’s really about what you do with your files once you’ve got them. It’s great as a personal jukebox, over local [...]