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konspire2b is a new peer-to-peer file sharing system that is quite different from anything else out there. We took the common paradigm and reversed it. This paradigm shift lead to two interesting features:

a pleasantly different user interaction model
near-optimal data distribution characteristics (both in terms of latency and load balancing)

k2b adds digital signatures to [...]

File Spree v1.3.0 BETA has been released. You may have thought the program was dead, but in fact it was just in development for some much needed attention. Included in the new release are a ton of bug fixes and updates (literally). Here is the changelog:
+ IM Return Bug Fixed
+ All [...]

UK Broadband corporation, NTL, has dropped warez newsgroups
such as alt.binaries.dvd for reposts, not for piracy (according to them). In addition, “requests to add new binary groups will not be accepted”.

Full article at the Inquirer

As many of you might have noticed, we sold out of our Black File Sharing Soldier t’s about a month back. Well we now have a fresh stock of our favorite t-shirt ready for purchasing. If you have not received your order, we have shipped all our back orders and you can expect to see [...]

The finish music organization demands that kinder-gardens pay royalties for singing copyright-protected songs. It would seem that the sarcastic remarks about the possibility of the music companies charging us for just carrying a copyright-protected tune in the shower are beginning to appear as a reality.

(Source)

The Finnish parliament returns the national copyright law proposal back to the ministry, which originally drafted it. The proposal was based on the European Union Copyright Directive (EUCD), the European counterpart to United States DMCA. While the deadline for directive implementation was December 22th 2002, it has so far been implemented in only two states, [...]

Minor updates and fixed a bug or two.
For those who don’t know anything about K++, this is what it does to your Kazaa or Kazaa Lite.
Some of the K++ features:
* Unlimited searches
* PL (Participation Level) cheat. Set to a constant 1000.
* Kazaa’s 8-sources per file limit can be changed to any value (eg. 40)
* Start [...]

We were alarmed to discover this morning that Unite the Cows is offline, replaced by a notice that says:
“Account for domain unitethecows.com has been suspended.”

Looks like their ISP pulled the plug. Any UTC folks here? What happened?

Ad Aware 6 has been completed and lavasoft has relaunched its site,

From News.com: “Verizon Communications is asking an appeals court to block a court order that would reveal the identity of an alleged peer-to-peer pirate to the music industry.”