Comments on: Another one bites the dust!

Another one bites the dust!

schyler523 — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 21:47:25 -0800

Easytree.org has been shutdown. Easytree, for those unfamiliar, was a tracker site for legal (apparently not) live music and video bit torrents, similar to Archive.org's Live Music collaboration with etree.org. Other discussions of File-sharing on MeFi (specifically the MGM vs. Grokster SCOTUS case) here and here. [more inside]

By: schyler523

schyler523 — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 21:54:38 -0800

Good news for Ween Fans though. Browntracker, a tracker specifically for Ween audio and video, is up and running. Those not fond of Ween, can visit The Trader's Den, though it seems as if that site is on it's last legs as well.

By: schyler523

schyler523 — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 21:56:38 -0800

Those wary of Bit Torrent can try FurthurNet.

By: Quartermass

Quartermass — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 22:08:24 -0800

Noooo!!!

By: sien

sien — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 22:19:08 -0800

I too cut the heads off hydras.

By: kuatto

kuatto — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 22:34:58 -0800

This is kind of a let down, especially after Sharing the Groove went down. I know some people didn't care for STG, but I loved the dvd torrents and the mix of music. ...and now Easytree is down? *sigh* What is the world coming to? Ok people, spill your guts! Where are your favorite sites?

By: cali

cali — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 22:44:32 -0800

I recently bookmarked Top 10 Bittorrent Sites and yotoshi, the bittorrent search engine if those help anyone.

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 23:38:30 -0800

Well, there goes largehearted boy.

By: sjvilla79

sjvilla79 — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 01:06:20 -0800

Shut down or bought out? There's a big difference.

By: caddis

caddis — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 04:25:43 -0800

I am not sure who would be responsible for the cease and desist letter. It is usually the bands themselves that own the copyright, not some recording company. Most bands don't seem to care that their concerts are traded. It's not like they are trading commercially released albums. The site took some pains to keep that sort of stuff away. This is typically material that otherwise would not be available. Oh, and we are talking shut down, not bought out.

By: LouReedsSon

LouReedsSon — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 05:01:22 -0800

sigh... I was huge up/downloader there. Besides the pains to keep illegal stuff off their site, Easytree really did its best to control the sound quality of shows offered. There was a feeling of community there. I curse the powers that fuck with such.

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 05:26:54 -0800

It is usually the bands themselves that own the copyright, not some recording company. There's some technicality about the song publishers. Whether it's a valid technicality or not, I don't know. But it would take resources that song traders don't generally have to challenge it. The Clash bootleg download site that I used to frequent ("If Music Could Talk") was shut down by copyright holders-- the issue was the use of the songs, not the actual files (if that makes any sense). And I'm inclined to believe that the legal forces weren't de facto representing Mick Jones or the Strummer estate-- both men are on record as being proponents of file trading.

By: LunaticFringe

LunaticFringe — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 06:42:04 -0800

One word: exeem

By: PinkStainlessTail

PinkStainlessTail — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 06:51:17 -0800

One word: exeem Two words: exeem lite (haven't used either myself, heard the network is kinda sucky for the sort of stuff I'm looking for)

By: docgonzo

docgonzo — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 09:20:10 -0800

Gah -- I'd picked up a number of fine field recordings of His Bobness there. On to the next...

By: smackfu

smackfu — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 09:43:00 -0800

I wish there was more info. Do they think they were legal or what?

By: schyler523

schyler523 — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 09:49:24 -0800

LouReedson, It shocked me too, I had just gotten my ratio past 2.00...I thought that easytree had more solid footing than your average torrent tracker site... So, do you all think that eXeem is the future, the best of both worlds? It is decentralized, negating the need for tracker sites. I've downloaded it, will give it a try... It looks like I am able to finish any download I started on easytree before the trackers were killed. Just no new seeders or leechers...stuck in this sad stasis. On preview: Smackfu, i thought that they were fairly diligent about removing commercial or otherwise "untradable" files...

By: PinkStainlessTail

PinkStainlessTail — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 09:52:56 -0800

It looks like I am able to finish any download I started on easytree before the trackers were killed. You probably already know this, but just in case: DO NOT CLOSE YOUR CLIENT BEFORE THESE DOWNLOADS FINISH. Now that the trackers are down, you will not be able to reconnect to any of the seeds that are out there.

By: schyler523

schyler523 — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 10:07:28 -0800

I have no plans to shutdown my client...I happen to be downloading three very large Ween videos (8.65GB each) and do not want to lose them, as they are not yet on Browntracker... Anyone use azureus' host option? As i understand it you turn a hosted torrent into a seed/tracker by revealing your IP to each downloader...feasible among friends, less so to the public...

By: LouReedsSon

LouReedsSon — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 16:29:08 -0800

eXeem doesn't appeal to me... Try bt.etree.org or The Traders Den. Beyond that, I don't know much. But I still praise the gods of bittorrent till the end! :)

By: Gankmore

Gankmore — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 15:18:54 -0800

dimeadozen.org
It's going to be hard to kill this movement. code moves fast, laywers don't.

By: Gankmore

Gankmore — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 15:21:02 -0800

er dimeadozen.org. It's a new URL, afterall.

By: schyler523

schyler523 — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 02:24:54 -0800

This is like Easter for me...