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p2pnet.net News:- File swapping remains a powerful force online around the world.
Like you didn’t know ; )
This comes from British ISP network service CacheLogic which says file swappers around the world are leaning away from BitTorrent and towards eDonkey as their preferred means of sharing.
“That seems to be the trend most of the way around the globe, apart from Asia where there is a lot of BitTorrent,” CNET News has CacheLogic cto Andrew Parker saying, noting the application has also been translated into many languages, aiding its spread overseas.
“eDonkey’s rise comes after highly publicized Hollywood legal campaigns against BitTorrent hubs, which have resulted in the disappearance of many of the most popular sites using that technology,” says the story, reiterating earlier reports. “The Motion Picture Association of America is also targeting eDonkey users, but that network has gained less publicity.”
Overall Mix of peer-to-peer traffic by volume, across the four major p2p networks:
Audio: 11.34%
Video: 61.44%
Other: 27.22%
Microsoft video formats represent 46% of aggregate worldwide p2p traffic, says CacheLogic, adding that 65% of all audio files by volume of traffic are still traded in the mp3 format, “but a surprising 12.3% are in the open-source OGG file format (almost all exclusively traded on the BitTorrent network, particularly in Asia)”.
Meanwhile, as tothbenedek posts below, “Why is eDonkey more popular now? Not because of legal wars or anything… It’s only because of the differences between them.
“Bittorrent is mainly for downloading new, popular items, while eDonkey is mostly used for downloading older, rare files.
“It was summer when much less new, popular thing comes out, so people download older stuff and at this eMule is better than Bittorrent. I think a month or two and the situation will change…”
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See:-
CNET News - P2P users traveling by eDonkey, August 28, 2005
earlier reports - eDonkey overtakes BiTorrent, August 10, 2005
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August 29th, 2005 at 8:27 pm
Why eDonkey is more popular now?
Not because of legal wars or anything… It’s only because of the differences between them.
Bittorrent is mainly for downloading new, popular items, while eDonkey is mostly used for downloading older, rare files.
It was summer when much less new, popular thing comes out, so people download older stuff and at this eMule is better than Bittorrent. I think a month or two and the situation will change…
August 30th, 2005 at 10:44 am
that’s exactly what i thought, too, when i read this same lamestream BS in the NY Times.
although the summer months used to be slow, up until a couple of years ago, studios and cable stations have been pumping out more and more new shows in the summer and i haven’t seen any signs of people leaving BT. there has been a steady increase in the number of new shows and proportionately, a steady and strong increase in downloaders for these programs.
as far as movies, this summer hasn’t seen many must-have films in the BT networks, but that doesn’t mean that all of the new films have disappeared from BT, nor does it mean that people don’t want what’s being offered. the new films still get the most downloaders, as do some of the earlier films of this year, especially after they’ve just been released on dvd.
i’ve only ever tried edonkey/emule - or whatever it’s called - a few times several years ago and i hated it. i don’t like networked programs like these or grokster anymore. they’re unreliable because you can never be sure what you’ll get until the download is complete, because of misnamed files, spywares, and trojans. BT is the best, especially because the uploaders are generally honest and trustworthy in naming their files, as well as being diligent in keeping malware out of the system.
as far as older shows, this summer has seen a marked increase in the number of older shows being regularly seeded in BT - whether from dvd rips or tv capture - in single and multi-file uploads.
and requests for older series are mostly filled without a hassle. this is often because quality tv shows - dumped by a network after only a season - or less - in favor or crap reality shows, get picked up by stations in other countries which will show the entire season, or series which go to dvd a couple of months after being cancelled. shows like wonderfalls and firefly are two good examples of this.
since the MPAA claims that the bulk of their profits are made from dvd sales (and most performers and technicians never get paid royalties for them anyway), the cartels have only themselves to blame. first, they need to stop producing crappy, unwanted remakes of classic films and tv-to-big screen films. even their “so-called stars” are ridiculously illiterate. Jessica Simpson recently claimed that her character Daisy Duke, in “The Dukes of Hazzard” (another crappy tv show made into an even crappier movie) is “iconish”. ICONISH????? she means “iconic”, perhaps! but an icon of what? stupidity? yes, i believe so. what an idiot! studios: use educated, trained actors and actresses in original quality productions, and box office and dvd sales will increase.
i’m quite sure that when the new fall tv season begins, BT will keep it’s titke as the leading p2p program. and even if cachelogic is correct - i don’t believe their lamestream calculations anyway - the numbers will turn have turned around by the end of september.