Anti-piracy drive targets eDonkey

Peer-to-peer service eDonkey has seen seven of its servers in Germany shut down after legal injunctions. The service was being used to share files that infringed copyright laws, according to rulings made in various regional courts in the country. The cases were brought before the courts by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), a body that promotes the interests of the international recording industry worldwide. Jo Oliver, head of litigation at IFPI, said: "eDonkey servers drive a large amount of illegal traffic on the file-sharing network. They are run by individuals who are deliberately and flagrantly violating the rights of artists and record companies. The IFPI claims that the injuctions and recent legal action in the Netherlands and France have seen eDonkey's user base reduced by more than a million. Jeremy Banks, head of IFPI's global internet anti-piracy unit, said: "These actions show the reach of the recording industry's internet anti-piracy operation. "IFPI has an expert team which traces the origin of illegal content on the internet and works with law-enforcement agencies to get copyright-infringing content off the internet," continued Banks. www.ifpi.org

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