Read more here.File-sharing in 2005 distinguished itself from previous years as it saw less influence from commercial developers and greater engagement from its community. Precipitated by the entertainment industry’s pursuit and subjugation of corporate P2P entities such as BitTorrent, MetaMachine, FrontCode, Limewire and FreePeers, grass root efforts picked up where commercialism failed. It brought about the resurrection of WinMX, the continuation of LimeWire and the furtherance of BitTorrent.
Thanks to slyck.com & Thomas Mennecke.


