The End Of Madster

[jipper]

It has been a long road for Madster. Madster, which started its existence as Aimster, has been battered by not only the RIAA and MPAA, but also by AOL. AOL forced the company to give up its "Aimster" name when it was ruled that the name violated the AOL Instant Messenger trade mark.

One of Madster's greatest shortfalls was the fact that it was a centralized network. Like all great centralized P2P networks, the courts ruled against Madster, forcing it to pull the plug on its servers. Jonny Deep's plea to appeal the ruling was rejected, leaving the Supreme Court as his only hope.

Now with the Spreme Courts rejection of his appeal, the final chapter of Madster's tumultuous existence comes to an end.

source : http://slyck.com/news.php?story=366

[Shawn]

You have to give Deep this, he never rolled over. I had no interest in his app, but damn, hats off to him.

[Yoda]

sad very sad... i wish the best for jonny deep. His program may of not been good but for doing what he did and not backing down from the big companies and the courts he is a true p2p developer.

[HolyMoly]

One of Madster's greatest shortfalls was the fact that it was a centralized network.

I never used it either. But, in light of the Napster decision, it took a lot of balls to champion a centralized system to the Supreme Court. My hat's off to him for that. Still, someone this those kind of cojones might not be out of the picture for long. It'll be interesting to see what he's doing in, say, 5 years.