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Posted by djlemeir on Feb-11-2003 15:25:

Soulseek is down

were do u guys get your mp3s

moi chuis en penurie,,,, depuis que slsk fonctionne pu

Posted by beatjunkie on Feb-11-2003 15:43:

Just thought I'd pass along some info about Soulseek.

I found it at http://www.napjunk.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1910#1910

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OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT - Re: Soulseek Status

This is to provide the official status of the Soulseek network as Friday, February 7th and onward. I have spoken to Nir and Rosalind Arbel on the matter over the course of this week and prior to this event taking place, and this notice is being offered on their behalf.

The artist calling herself Sapphirecut previously made a complaint towards Soulseek regarding the sharing of her material on the network. When she had contacted Soulseek regarding the matter, she failed to state which material was in question. There was no information provided, aside from her being "Sapphirecut". Therefore, acting on such, a global message was made to users not to share the artist's material, and a notice was made upon entering chat rooms of the same.

Unfortunately, this was not satisfactory, and the artist went on to file a complaint against Verio - Soulseek's server host, stating DMCA Copywrite Infringement. Verio, in return did not conduct a formal inquiry into the situation. Rather, they acted rather quickly, requiring the server, and site to be pulled. Thus, there was no warning that such was going to take place. This not only applied to the users of Soulseek, but to Nir himself. On sudden notice, he was required to seek out a new host for the server.

To calm the air of panic, this does NOT mean that Soulseek is down forever. The RIAA did NOT have an injunction against Nir, as rumours have stated. Soulseek WILL be returning shortly, and this unfortunate delay was not expected. A new potential host has been found, however they are working through the paperwork for such, and have not completed such as quickly as we would have expected. At this level, it is out of Nir's hands as they have to simply go through the process of completing it. That said, we apologize again for the delay and hope that it does not last a great deal longer.

It is important to note that Soulseek can not and will not condone any actions towards the artist that may cause her or her affiliated label's harm. Such actions would include defaming emails, defacing, or otherwise damaging her website or the site of her affiliates, and other further actions which may be damaging. Such actions will simply result in further problems for the network, as the artist will direct complaints towards Soulseek itself. Those wishing to show their support for Soulseek will best do so by simply NOT sharing any files by this artist. The files in question include:

1.Free Your Mind, Megan�s epic mix.

2.Free Your Mind, Sapphirecut's Original mix

3.Action-Reaction by Sapphirecut (in any form)

4.Any music that has Sapphirecut on it except the Illustrious track �I�d Say Yes�, which is a remix.

We thank you for your patience and support through this situation, and we look forward to seeing all users back on Soulseek shortly. Users who wish further information regarding the DMCA are directed to browse to http://www.chillingeffects.org. All information needed regarding the act can be read or studied there. Cheers.

On behalf of Nir and Rosalind Arbel,
Sean Nelson / Proteus93
Soulseek Administration

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There you go. Hopefully it'll be back soon. If not try Kazza or go to DJ Web sites..... Good luck man

Posted by ZinG on Feb-11-2003 18:05:

down for sapphirecut

Posted by alec on Feb-11-2003 19:48:

Well that artist is screwed for the rest of their life, I guess they don't realise that with electronic music, sharing is essential to getting your name out there, sapphirecut???? who the hell is that anyways, I guess we'll never know. They deserve to suck if they're doing remixes of free your mind anyways! Terrible song.

Posted by fastmp3 on Feb-11-2003 20:29:

don't worry guys there will always be a way to share music

Posted by alec on Feb-11-2003 20:32:

I'm still waiting to get on the hub, don't know when that wil happen. And Fast is right, even when they shut one file sharing program down another will come up. So we will always be able to share our music and our porn (Right Malek)

Posted by malek on Feb-11-2003 20:46:

till now, The hub never worked right for me... I don't know the program is so shitty. For example I was sharing 60G of stuff and I still couldn't access some stuff... ******s.

Posted by djlemeir on Feb-11-2003 21:59:

i am waiting to get on the hub too

Posted by <--ME--> on Feb-13-2003 02:54:

They're back!

Soulseek's back! Get on now and tell your friends! We need more people! (And I need music!)

For those of you who dont know get Soulseek here.