king ubu Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 (disclaimer: not sure this belongs on the board at all, kill this topic if you don't like it, no offense to be taken on both sides, please!) This was posted on the Yahoo mailing list: From: "jupiter2101" <agentesecreto@...> Date: Wed Apr 6, 2005 6:13 pm Subject: The End of EZT -- PLS READ ! Hello gals and guys, We're very sorry having to tell you that we had to shut down EZT forever just a couple of minutes ago. We got a call from our provider, they had received a few letters from a couple of lawyers. They requested EZT to be shut down immediately, otherwise we'd be sued. As you may imagine, we do not have the funds to fight a battle we most probably can't win anyway. We would like to thank everyone here for their contributions to EZT, one way or the other, for sharing the music, sharing an ideal, for all your mails, rants, praises... I'm sorry, I'm still too shocked to write on... maybe later I'll find some more words or my collegues will do... To say it with Joan Armatrading: We had fun, fun, fun, fun fun, fun, fun, fun we had fun -- while it lasted... --"Tall in the Saddle"-- You all take good care! jupiter2101, EZT Chief Mod Me shocked too! (Though of course this was expected, too...) ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Wow... this is terrible news. I'm glad I participated while it lasted. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Wow... this is terrible news. I'm glad I participated while it lasted. Guy Me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachel Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 There's more than one way to skin a cat.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 There's more than one way to get yer groove on.... [sorry...I like kitties.] That should last for a few days... get 'em while you can! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachel Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 I should have put it in quotes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wheel Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 That sucks. They were incredibly strict about what could be seeded--I'm pretty sure they banned a few things that were OK under their own rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom in RI Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Count me as one of the mourners. Will miss all the European broadcasts that were posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadcoldfish Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 I believe it's a conspiracy from the Post Office, to force everyone back to the vine by mail approach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AfricaBrass Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 (edited) Wow! Not completely unexpected, but this is a drag. This and the late sharingthegroove were a music lover's dream. You can argue about copyrights all you want, but these sites were diligent in respecting copyright. They'd delete anything that had one. Whoever threatened their provider with legal action is foolish. Sites like Easytree and STG effectively killed bootleggers. They took all the profit out of it for them. Now, I guess a door just re-opened for them. Edited April 6, 2005 by AfricaBrass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Maybe it was bootlegger lawyers that made the IP server make the call. . . ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relyles Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Very disappointing. The pile of shows that I was planning to seed was growing. Oh well, suppose I will just have to vine them at the yahoo jazz vines group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AfricaBrass Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Maybe it was bootlegger lawyers that made the IP server make the call. . . ? That crossed my mind... Fortunately there is still some great music that is still available through archive.org or etree.org, but they are hurting in the jazz department. My thanks to anyone here who participated in Easytree. Thank you for all the great music! AB (last easytree share ratio 1.37) :rsmile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Fitzgerald Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Oh please - let's not try to rationalize things with bringing up copyright. In the U.S., EVERYTHING has a copyright as soon as it's created. Whether it bears a little © or not. Unless the copyright owners sanctioned distributing the stuff on easytree, it was not legit in the U.S. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted April 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Well, for me, interested only in the jazz side of eztree, etree does not have much to excite me, frankly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 At least I'll stop running out of room on the 250 gig I bought in Jan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Oh please - let's not try to rationalize things with bringing up copyright. In the U.S., EVERYTHING has a copyright as soon as it's created. Whether it bears a little © or not. Unless the copyright owners sanctioned distributing the stuff on easytree, it was not legit in the U.S. Mike I hope you won't sue me for quoting your post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted April 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Oh please - let's not try to rationalize things with bringing up copyright. In the U.S., EVERYTHING has a copyright as soon as it's created. Whether it bears a little © or not. Unless the copyright owners sanctioned distributing the stuff on easytree, it was not legit in the U.S. Mike Of course... that's why this has been expected by many. Still, trading of one or the other sort will continue, anyway. EZtree was just too good a place to be real for long, I assume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AfricaBrass Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 (edited) Oh please - let's not try to rationalize things with bringing up copyright. In the U.S., EVERYTHING has a copyright as soon as it's created. Whether it bears a little © or not. Unless the copyright owners sanctioned distributing the stuff on easytree, it was not legit in the U.S. Mike I hope you won't sue me for quoting your post I wish I lived in Europe... What happened to the land of the free? Edited April 6, 2005 by AfricaBrass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 (edited) There was so much great stuff. The Who '75 Houston DVD with all the extras. Clash stuff I was never able to get elsewhere. Jazz from Europe just barely a day after it happened. Pere Ubu, just all sorts of things that could be tricky to trade for. Plus you could check the quality & if you didn't like the sound or performance erase it from your drive. The last 2 things I downloaded were the lost Quintet in Stockholm and an '82 Kinks show. Those "band-friendly" sites just don't have that stuff - unless you're into a friendly band. I like some of them, but I already have more Dead than I need. Shucks. Edited April 6, 2005 by Quincy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md655321 Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Ive only been using the site for two weeks, but im glad i did. I already have a respectable Miles 67 collection! The lawyers and their businesses are incredibly stupid. This is all material that is not available to purchase. And most of it never will be. All it does is energize a customer base. Which, is a very very god thing for business. Keep us updated on new sites. Anyone else know of a place for good jazz downloads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Which, is a very very god thing for business. I think lawyers think that they're a god thing for business Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Fitzgerald Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 The only thing I'm disagreeing with is the idea of trying to rationalize things. I've driven faster than the posted speed limit on occasion. But I don't claim that I was in the right or that I should be entitled to do so. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WD45 Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 The miles 67 material falls out of reach for me AGAIN. Perhaps I wasn't ever meant to hear it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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