iMesh
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| iMesh | |
|---|---|
| Developed by | iMesh.com |
| Latest release | 7.2 / April 05, 2008 |
| OS | Windows |
| Genre | Peer-to-peer |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | iMesh.com |
iMesh is a file sharing and online social network, available to download in 9 languages and uses a proprietary, centralized, P2P protocol. iMesh is owned by an American company iMesh, Inc. and maintains a development center in Israel.
iMesh was the first company to introduce "swarming" - the ability to download one file from multiple sources, increasing download speed, as well as a working 'resume' feature, allowing users to pause downloads and resume them at a later time. [1] [2][3]
The program offers free downloads of various music and video formats, with legal content offered by iMesh including music, video, Polyphonic or Truetone ringtones.
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[edit] Legality of iMesh
[edit] RIAA Lawsuit
On September 18, 2003 the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) sued iMesh for encouraging copyright infringement. [4]
[edit] Settlement
iMesh settled the lawsuit a little over 10 months later on July 20, 2004, where according to the RIAA, the terms of the settlement were that iMesh would pay them US$4.1 million and could continue operating as normal (unlike Grokster) whilst implementing a paid service (iMesh 6.0). [5].
[edit] Legality
iMesh is now advertised as a 100% legal P2P client, and acknowledged as being so by the RIAA. [6]
The iMesh 6 client has achieved this by detecting attempts to download copyrighted material and blocking the transfer through the use of acoustic fingerprinting, provided by Audible Magic [7].
An agreement with the MPAA had also been reached. Video files more than 50mb in size and 15 minutes in length cannot be shared on the iMesh network, guaranteeing feature-length releases cannot be transferred across the network. [8]
[edit] Time line of major releases:
- November 24, 1999, a pre-beta 1.02 was released.
- December 26, 1999, a beta version 1.02 was released which features instant messaging between users, a new skin and anti-virus scanning.
- June 08, 2004, iMesh 5.0 was released [9] which was the first multi-networked client allowing users to connect to the eDonkey Network, Gnutella, Gnutella2 and the iMesh network.
- October 25, 2005, iMesh revealed the first RIAA-approved P2P service (iMesh 6), which allows users residing in America and Canada to listen to music of their choice from a large library for a monthly fee. iMesh users can permanently purchase tracks for $0.99 each. In addition to the paid library, iMesh 6 allows users to access large amounts of "non-copyrighted" music and video files, free of charge.
- The release of iMesh 7.0 added social networking features, instant messaging, an improved user interface and greater stability to the client.
- April 11, 2007, iMesh 7.1 was released.
- April 05, 2008, iMesh 7.2 was released.
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ iMesh moves North
- ^ Slyck - iMesh: The Winds of Change
- ^ iMesh review
- ^ Recording Industry Files Copyright Infringement Claims Against P2P Service - riaa.com
- ^ P2P service iMesh goes legit - mp3.com
- ^ RIAA List of Legal Download sites - riaa.com
- ^ P2P service iMesh goes legit - mp3.com
- ^ Peer-to-Peer Goes Legit - wired.com
- ^ iMesh 5.0 announcement release - iMesh forums
