Grokster shuts down

Post by **fac51** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:38 am

File-sharing group Grokster has agreed to shut down its website to settle a long-running copyright case launched by the entertainment industry.

Under the deal, Grokster is permanently banned from taking part in the theft of copyrighted music and movie files.

It will also stop giving away and supporting its file-sharing software as well as pay $50m (?28.7m) in damages.

Grokster's website was changed on Monday and now says its existing peer-to-peer (P2P) service was illegal.

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Eamonn · Post by **Eamonn** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 11:56 am

Never liked Grokster... so no tears shed here...

Post by **117** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:14 pm

never even used it tbh

vinnieza · Post by **vinnieza** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:51 am

and i've never herd of them

Sounds like that beer (or larger), the ones with the aliens on the add (probably origninated from the same country)

Eamonn · Post by **Eamonn** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:48 am

Budweiser

vinnieza · Post by **vinnieza** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:40 pm

no, somthing like grouche

Eamonn · Post by **Eamonn** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:23 pm

grolsch you

and how tf does that should like grokster?!

Post by **117** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:28 pm

vinnieza · Post by **vinnieza** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:46 pm

it starts with gro and has an s in it and sounds german

well it sounds more the same than Budweiser does

Post by **117** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:56 pm

id doesn't sound (and indeed isn't) German, it's Dutch! and Budweiser originates from the Czech Republic i believe