Soul Seek 3

[revaluation]

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT - Re: Soulseek Status

This is to provide the official status of the Soulseek network

as Friday, February 7th and onward. I have spoken to Nir and

Rosalind Arbel on the matter over the course of this week and

prior to this event taking place, and this notice is being

offered on their behalf.

The artist calling herself Sapphirecut previously made a

complaint towards Soulseek regarding the sharing of her

material on the network. When she had contacted Soulseek

regarding the matter, she failed to state which material was in

question. There was no information provided, aside from her

being "Sapphirecut". Therefore, acting on such, a global

message was made to users not to share the artist's material,

and a notice was made upon entering chat rooms of the same.

Unfortunately, this was not satisfactory, and the artist went

on to file a complaint against Verio - Soulseek's server host,

stating DMCA Copywrite Infringement. Verio, in return did not

conduct a formal inquiry into the situation. Rather, they acted

rather quickly, requiring the server, and site to be pulled.

Thus, there was no warning that such was going to take place.

This not only applied to the users of Soulseek, but to Nir

himself. On sudden notice, he was required to seek out a new

host for the server.

To calm the air of panic, this does NOT mean that Soulseek is

down forever. The RIAA did NOT have an injunction against Nir,

as rumours have stated. Soulseek WILL be returning shortly, and

this unfortunate delay was not expected. A new potential host

has been found, however they are working through the paperwork

for such, and have not completed such as quickly as we would

have expected. At this level, it is out of Nir's hands as they

have to simply go through the process of completing it. That

said, we apologize again for the delay and hope that it does

not last a great deal longer.

It is important to note that Soulseek can not and will not

condone any actions towards the artist that may cause her or

her affiliated label's harm. Such actions would include

defaming emails, defacing, or otherwise damaging her website or

the site of her affiliates, and other further actions which may

be damaging. Such actions will simply result in further

problems for the network, as the artist will direct complaints

towards Soulseek itself. Those wishing to show their support

for Soulseek will best do so by simply NOT sharing any files by

this artist. The files in question include:

1.Free Your Mind, Megan’s epic mix.

2.Free Your Mind, Sapphirecut's Original mix

3.Action-Reaction by Sapphirecut (in any form)

4.Any music that has Sapphirecut on it except the Illustrious

track “I’d Say Yesâ€, which is a remix.

We thank you for your patience and support through this

situation, and we look forward to seeing all users back on

Soulseek shortly. Users who wish further information regarding

the DMCA are directed to browse to

http://www.chillingeffects.org. All information needed

regarding the act can be read or studied there. Cheers.

On behalf of Nir and Rosalind Arbel,

Sean Nelson / Proteus93

Soulseek Administration

[shadygroovedc]

Originally posted by revaluation

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT - Re: Soulseek Status

This is to provide the official status of the Soulseek network

as Friday, February 7th and onward. I have spoken to Nir and

Rosalind Arbel on the matter over the course of this week and

prior to this event taking place, and this notice is being

offered on their behalf.

The artist calling herself Sapphirecut previously made a

complaint towards Soulseek regarding the sharing of her

material on the network. When she had contacted Soulseek

regarding the matter, she failed to state which material was in

question. There was no information provided, aside from her

being "Sapphirecut". Therefore, acting on such, a global

message was made to users not to share the artist's material,

and a notice was made upon entering chat rooms of the same.

Unfortunately, this was not satisfactory, and the artist went

on to file a complaint against Verio - Soulseek's server host,

stating DMCA Copywrite Infringement. Verio, in return did not

conduct a formal inquiry into the situation. Rather, they acted

rather quickly, requiring the server, and site to be pulled.

Thus, there was no warning that such was going to take place.

This not only applied to the users of Soulseek, but to Nir

himself. On sudden notice, he was required to seek out a new

host for the server.

To calm the air of panic, this does NOT mean that Soulseek is

down forever. The RIAA did NOT have an injunction against Nir,

as rumours have stated. Soulseek WILL be returning shortly, and

this unfortunate delay was not expected. A new potential host

has been found, however they are working through the paperwork

for such, and have not completed such as quickly as we would

have expected. At this level, it is out of Nir's hands as they

have to simply go through the process of completing it. That

said, we apologize again for the delay and hope that it does

not last a great deal longer.

It is important to note that Soulseek can not and will not

condone any actions towards the artist that may cause her or

her affiliated label's harm. Such actions would include

defaming emails, defacing, or otherwise damaging her website or

the site of her affiliates, and other further actions which may

be damaging. Such actions will simply result in further

problems for the network, as the artist will direct complaints

towards Soulseek itself. Those wishing to show their support

for Soulseek will best do so by simply NOT sharing any files by

this artist. The files in question include:

1.Free Your Mind, Megan’s epic mix.

2.Free Your Mind, Sapphirecut's Original mix

3.Action-Reaction by Sapphirecut (in any form)

4.Any music that has Sapphirecut on it except the Illustrious

track “I’d Say Yesâ€, which is a remix.

We thank you for your patience and support through this

situation, and we look forward to seeing all users back on

Soulseek shortly. Users who wish further information regarding

the DMCA are directed to browse to

http://www.chillingeffects.org. All information needed

regarding the act can be read or studied there. Cheers.

On behalf of Nir and Rosalind Arbel,

Sean Nelson / Proteus93

Soulseek Administration

I've had a day to think about this, and my only rational reaction to this, is, what a fucking bitch. Like anybody wanted her fucking music anyways.

[vicman]

is anyone using something else? really havent had success in anything out there. i dl "moodlogic" yesterday to my machine at work still havent figured out how and if it works.