WinMX Gone

Apparently one of the last great sanctuaries for free downloads has been closed due to the RIAA. I can't say that I used WinMX, but I will be sad to see them go. Here's hoping they find a way to win.

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• P2P sites WinMX, eDonkey appear shut down - Tom's Hardware Guide - Sep 22 8:26 AM
• WinMX Shuts Down After RIAA Threat - BetaNews - Sep 22 10:15 AM
• WinMX, eDonkey Shutting Down? - BetaNews - Sep 22 9:30 AM

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Update: Or perhaps, I spoke too soon! Check out this article on Slyck News. WinMX also made available within it's software connections to OpenNap Protocol Networks, which the previously mentioned article reminded me about. So the WinMX Peer Network is down, but you can connect to these other networks from within the program by going to the Networks tab, and click the label on the right to OpenNap Protocol Networks. If you don't have any listed there, then you might need to find someone who has some and download them and install/import them in to the program. The disadvantage is that you can't do multi-port downloads from multiple users, but that's livable.