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iMesh Releases BearShare LEGAL edition

BearShare LegalToday iMesh will launch BearShare 6.0, which is a long-standing p2p file sharing client many people us to download copyrighted music. Apparently, this edition of BearShare is a legalized edition. It sounds like iMeshToGo and BearShareToGo will offer a long awaited solution to the problem of illegal file-sharing, and the other problem of no way for people to buy music in an effective way that is user-centric. The services will run side-by-side and users will be able to interact between the two services later this year. This makes it easy for users to share their music preferences and even download ringtones as well. I obviously haven't tested out the new product, but it is the first service I have seen to get a grip on the actual problem that exists with music downloading.

[Via Reuters]

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BearShare bites the dust, settles with RIAA for $30 million

BearShareFree Peers, Inc., the company which produces popular file sharing software BearShare, has reached a $30 million settlement with RIAA and bowed out of the P2P business. The company will be selling all of its BearShare-related intellectual property, including source code, user information, and over 100 domain names, to iMesh, the P2P company that agreed to go "legit" after reached its own $4.1 million settlement with the RIAA two years ago. iMesh will continue to distribute BearShare on BearShare.com (though what changes are in store remain to be seen), and since it works with the Gnutella network, old versions of the software will continue to operate as they always have.

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