The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in MGM v. Grokster might be starting to pay real dividends for the entertainment industry: The company that owns eDonkey, a peer-to-peer network popular with campus file swappers, has announced that it will shut the service down.
Sam Yagan, the president of Metamachine, made the announcement this morning at a hearing held by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Mr. Yagan received a cease-and-desist notice from the Recording Industry Association of America earlier this month, and he told lawmakers he would not challenge the order. (BetaNews)
eDonkey might not be a household name, but college students are likely to be familiar with the service. Less than a month ago, a British research firm concluded that the peer-to-peer network was the Internet’s dominant file-swapping platform.
For more information on the effects of the Grokster ruling, see an article from The Chronicle by Andrea L. Foster.
