Bolt_Gundam510 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 by ErnestoSharemonkey is a new application that helps pirates in tracking down and purchasing the items they have downloaded on P2P networks. Sharemonkey has indexed more than 500,000 of the most shared mp3s and over 200,000 movies that are available on P2P networks, and it also works for games and books.ShareMonkey is developed by Leadbullet, a peer to peer startup company that aims is to provide an easy mechanism for people to legitimately purchase their pirated warez. ShareMonkey is a freeware application, and it comes with a plugin that integrates the service with Shareaza. The application is currently Windows only and adds a “where is this file from” to the right click context menu. If you lookup a file ShareMonkey searches their online database and matches the pirated file to a DVD or CD that you can buy online. The philosophy behind the application is that most pirates want to “try before they buy”. But I doubt if this application will be very useful, since ShareMonkey only redirects to products Amazon, which is not very revolutionary. Pirates do not just want to try before they buy, they want their DVD, game or music album on demand, wherever they want, whenever they want. It would be good if they go beyond Amazon and add support for online music and video services where people can download legal digital copies instantly.Source: Torrent Freak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrak Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Wow, now we can pay for the stuff we've already got!In theory, the idea sorta works; in reality however, not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 Actually, this type of software, if it can index your computer and locate all the downloaded files then add up prices and to whom the money should go.... .... could be the first step towards viruses and malware used by the recording industry to attack filesharers and secretly obtain detailed data about what they have, in an more concentrated effort to sue music and movie downloaders.So perhaps such technology should be watched carefully, and a judicious computer user may want to avoid installing such software for the foreseeable future, until we observe where it goes from here.~Just an Opinion~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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