Morpheus 4.0 Alpha 2
Available here
What’s new?
This application provides an unlimited search horizon and can reach any node more quickly than ever before. This release offers the first scalable platform for distributed content distribution with a virtually unlimited search horizon, using vastly reduced internet overhead, returning results extremly fast.
Because of the unique indexing technology, for the first time [...]
Canadian ISPs may be forced to pay song royalties
A REPORT from CTV says that a group representing Canada’s songwriters will
ask the Supreme Court to rule that Internet Service Providers also pay them
royalties in regard to music file downloads, regardless of whether the ISP is
transmitting legally or illegally downloaded music. This is on top of a levy on
blank recording media that Canadians now pay.
President [...]
Music Industry: Stop Shirking
Every major label is drooling over the money-making prospects of having its own iTunes or Musicmatch. But they are all, in the immortal words of Johnny Cash, “born to lose, and destined to fail.” Why? The music industry’s problem is fundamental: the implicit contract between music companies and listeners is no longer viable.
The music industry [...]
Japanese police make first file-sharing arrests
KYOTO — Two people who used the file-sharing software “Winny” to offer
movies and video game software to an unspecified number of people over the
Internet have been arrested, police said.
Katsuhiko Kimoto, a 41-year-old self-employed businessman from Takasaki,
Gunma Prefecture, and an unemployed 19-year-old from Matsuyama were arrested on
suspicion of violating copyright laws.
Law enforcers also searched the home [...]
Phoenix toughens BIOS
The software that sits between the operating system and a PC’s hardware hasn’t changed much in decades. Now, Phoenix Technologies wants to introduce greater security, usability and copy protection.
Phoenix, one of the biggest makers of BIOS (basic input/output system) software, has released the first entry in a line of next-generation products that it promises [...]
eMule 0.30d
eMule is a new filesharing client which is based on the eDonkey2000 network, but offers more features than the standard eDonkey client, because it’s opensource but under the restrictions of the GPL License.
Missing language-dlls are now downloaded and installed automatically by emule
Changed auto-versioncheck to a DNS-based method which is more effective. Also the [...]
The war on copying
The communications industry is ready for an infusion of data, such as digital video, to drive it to recovery, but music, video, and other digital-content owners continue to keep a tight rein on their growing mass of IP (intellectual property) while waiting for a secure DRM (digital-rights-management) scheme to materialize. The complexity of DRM, however, [...]
Watermark CDs appeared online
A CD protected with a digital watermark is being marketed via the Internet in Belgium – the high-tech watermark will prevent CDs being copied illegally.
The first CD to carry the watermark will be one by Belgian singer SoulBob, which will be downloadable from the Internet.
While the download is underway, personal information including the [...]
Ares Build #2931
Ares is a peer to peer file sharing program that enables users to share any
digital file including images, audio, video, software, documents, etc. You may
now easily publish your files through the Ares Network. As a member of the Ares
network, you can also search and download just about any digital media file.
With Ares you can also [...]
Morpheus 4.0a BETA
What’s new?This application provides an unlimited search horizon and can reach any node more quickly than ever before. This release offers the first scalable platform for distributed content distribution with a virtually unlimited search horizon, using vastly reduced internet overhead, returning results extremly fast. Because of the unique indexing technology, for the first time extremly [...]
