R.I.P Razorback

**SeK612** · 02-23-2006, 07:19 PM

Europe seems to be catching up with the U.S in terms of legal action taken against filesharers

Razorback is a pretty big name too and it'll be interesting to see if any more servers are taken offline.

It is easy to fall back on the common belief that another server will pop up or someone else will step into the gap left and provide the same service. Ultimately there must be a tipping point though and the situation does seem to be getting worse for P2P networks in general.

They're not going to disappear overnight but with a systematic attack on both file sources and filesharing services (combined with say a flooding of networks with fake files and aggressive action against file sharers to scare off the average user) pressure could be put upon them.

**ziggyjuarez** · 02-23-2006, 07:21 PM

Could never connect to it anyway.
R.I.P Razorback2 2006

**Busyman** · 02-23-2006, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by SeK612

Europe seems to be catching up with the U.S in terms of legal action taken against filesharers

Razorback is a pretty big name too and it'll be interesting to see if any more servers are taken offline.

It is easy to fall back on the common belief that another server will pop up or someone else will step into the gap left and provide the same service. Ultimately there must be a tipping point though and the situation does seem to be getting worse for P2P networks in general.

They're not going to disappear overnight but with a systematic attack on both file sources and filesharing services (combined with say a flooding of networks with fake files and aggressive action against file sharers to scare off the average user) pressure could be put upon them.

This is a catch-22. While I understand the reason the MPAA and RIAA want to shut-down P2P networks, what the hell is the illegality for having an index of files if it's not the file itself...or was that the same as Napster?

**kazaaman** · 02-23-2006, 08:32 PM

Sad news indeed. Whats a good server to switch to? Maybe edonkey server no:1 as mech_f supposed?

**erRor67** · 02-24-2006, 01:41 AM

most people will find themselves unaffected because emule (and edonkey i would assume) would connect to another server. So the population shouldnt change too much. And if they are using KAD, all the better. The only thing that sucks now is people are now split up on different servers. Before you had RB2 holding like a million people so all the files were indexed together. Now everyone is more spread out.

**leungsw** · 02-24-2006, 01:56 AM

But it is so sad to me. I connected to Razorback2 since August 2003. It often provided excellent file searching.

**abu_has_the_power** · 02-24-2006, 03:12 AM

there goes emule.

next they'll try to kill bitorrent

**peat moss** · 02-24-2006, 03:18 AM

Originally Posted by abu_has_the_power

there goes emule.

next they'll try to kill bitorrent

Already starting to ?

"The Motion Picture Association of America said Thursday that it sued a new round of popular Web sites associated with movie piracy, including several that serve as search engines but do not distribute files themselves."

http://news.zdnet.com/MPAA+sues+BitT...&subj=technews