ed2k-it.com Returns
April 6, 2006
Thomas Mennecke
The MPAA, the organization representing the interests of the major movie and television studios, filed several lawsuits against various indexing sites on February 23, 2006. These sites included many of the larger BitTorrent, eDonkey2000 and Usenet indexing communities. ed2k-it.com, an eDonkey2000 hash link exchange site, was among those named in the seven lawsuits.
The intentions of those affected by the lawsuits were known within days. isoHunt and TorrentSpy, search engines typically used to find torrent files, announced their resistance to the lawsuits and stated their intentions to fight. Conversely, the Usenet indexing site DVDRs.net went to the extreme measure of announcing their closure. ed2k-it.com made a similar announcement on March 1st, and closed shop shortly thereafter.
Although DVDRs.net is no longer online, ed2k-it.com has made the surprising decision to come back online. As of this morning ed2k-it.com is fully functional, including its highly resourceful user forums. Although not a traditional indexing site, ed2k-it.com utilizes its forums to organize and distribute eDonkey2000 hash links. The resourcefulness of ed2k-it.com is further enhanced by widespread community interaction - assuring high quality links. This virtue was quantified in the MPAA's complaint against ed2k-it.com.
source:slyck