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Cat and MouseEarth Station 5 to Rescue File Sharers From the Clutches of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)

Advanced Privacy Features to Protect the Anonymity of Its Users

JENIN, West Bank, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to yesterday's
threats by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to sue
individual users of file sharing networks, EarthStation5 aka ES5 (located at
http:/www.earthstation5.com) has today released its new file sharing software
that hides the identities of its users. "Users can now freely share their
music and movies online without the threat of a lawsuit from the RIAA because
our technology hides each user's identity," said Ras Kabair, president of
Palestine based Earth Station 5. "Our motto is share ... share ... share to
your heart's content because no one can stop you."
EARTH STATION 5 has the following Stealth Technology Components and much
more not listed:

Users can enable Stealth Mode, which hides your IP, address (uses
InternetAnonymous Proxies).
Secure Sockets ensures that the RIAA cannot monitor a user's uploading or
downloading activity. (Transfers are encrypted).
ES5 uses randomly chosen port numbers so RIAA cannot scan a user's
computer to know if he is file sharing.
ES5 does not display user IP Address information on downloading or
uploading.

EARTHSTATION 5 also has a FREE Voice and Video chat system and also a FREE
Dating system.
EARTH STATION 5 to the RIAA: The next revolution in P2P file sharing is
upon you and resistance is futile. We are now in control!
Earth Station 5 is provided free to its users and can be downloaded athttp://www.es5.com Earth Station 5 is spyware free, adware free and contains
no annoying advertising. Earth Station 5 is located in the Jenin, west Bank.
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'Stealth' file sharing applications emerge

The war on filesharing doesn't look to be ending anytime soon, and the games of technological one-upmanship will likely continue on for as long as the internet survives. Broadband users still continue to share files, and the RIAA still continues press forward, sending out nastygrams and making examples out of people in court. The RIAA recently turned up the heat after winning their court case against Verizon. They then added more fuel to that fire by stating that they'd be targetting the biggest sharers out there.

So what have the filesharers done to combat this?

Some have voiced their opinions by boycotting the RIAA, which will be about as effective as the attempts to boycott Nissan for their domain name skulldoggery. A few have gone as far as to repeatedly hack the RIAA's website, though this generally reinforces the RIAA's ideology that all in favor of file-sharing are rebellious, law breaking criminals.

So what's the only thing left? Well, you could setup private file-sharing between yourself and some trusted friends, but then you have limited content. So what is there really left to do?

Anonymous, secured, peer-to-peer networks.

Earthstation5 promises the ability to go into "stealth mode". This means that your data is relayed through one of their many public proxies, masking your IP address. Right now, just like every other filesharing application early on in its lifespan, it's particularly slow. Also, thoughts come to mind about availability of bandwidth of public proxies. If everyone uses it, then won't the proxies become extremely bogged down?

There are other features of ESV. Aside from the one-click "stealth mode" proxy server, it allows for SSL. It also sends data using the UDP protocol, allowing for more efficient bandwidth usage. This also means that companies can't "batch scan" for users sharing files. The only way they could do so, is if they were in fact connected to the ESV network. ESV also uses Dynamic ports, making it more difficult for ISP's to do any traffic shaping (bandwidth limiting) of ESV.

But is it enough? Is it enough to protect the identity of those who wish to share files freely from large organizations like the RIAA/MPAA? ESV boasts that it doesn't display your IP address, but anyone with at least a miniscule level of computer proficiency can find other means of obtaining an IP address. So the question is, do the proxies really work? Will they continue to work when the masses join? Only time, (and the joining of masses) will tell.

EarthStation5 also addresses common flaws found in other filesharing applications. ESV has the ability to search for your desired file(s) across multiple super-nodes, offering better availability. The program also proactively ensures that the files are there, so that you're not trying to download from a host who's been offline for 30 minutes already. Also, ESV has employed a group of entrusted users which can put the "Green Light" on verified files. Supposedly, this means that you're guaranteed not to have a fake, or corrupted file.

The RIAA knows about this. But do they know how to combat it? How can they shut it down? They can't go after the developers, as they're based out of Palestine. International laws on filesharing are flaky at best, and as evidenced in the RIAA's attempts to prosecute the makers of KaZaa, finding and prosecuting individuals scattered around the globe is no easy task.

Can they target supernodes? Perhaps they may be able to build up a case that they're relaying pirated data, but the law states that only those who share the files are responsible. At best, the RIAA could only force the supernodes to release the IP addresses of those who share files through their proxies, but these proxies are intentionally setup to not carry logs of this information. So, what can you do? Make the proxies liable? But then you would make every single ISP and every single router on the internet liable for copyrighted material.

So now what? Only time can tell, but the game of cat and mouse will go on, and on, and on...

This is what the founder of this group has to say:
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We have taken everything into account and believe me that we have more than one provider for bandwidth, local loops, satellite, and router gateways. There is enough competition in the market that if one goes down, 5 more links pop right up. Its set up to show them really who is in control. Again, we have taken everything into account. We could have released the streaming a while ago, but we needed to make sure that our security was 100%. The RIAA may have power in the US, but they mean nothing in Palestine. As long as we follow the local Palestinian laws, we are okay.

Perhaps in Iran the government closed someone down. That was probably a political favor. Even in India or far east Asia, to close somebody down (internet), its a court matter, with specific emphasis on the local laws of that country, and not a political matter. Politicians dont have judicial or executive powers. In the US, its enough that the RIAA says 'close them down' and you get closed. Here, it takes 20 years in court, and even then, they lose cause what I am doing is legal here.

Its legal to smoke pot in Holland. If somebody is talking about smoking grass on the internet from Holland to someone in the United States, that is legal (for the person in Holland) however it is illegal and a crime in the United States. The person who he was talking to (in the US) could be arrested. I repeat, we are doing NOTHING ILLEGAL.

Back in the Napster days, just 2 years ago, you all were downloading non-stop on 56k, and didnt think you were doing anything illegal. The RIAA won a local (US) court fight against Napster and all of a sudden the entire world has to accept that bullshit? The US makes laws for the US, not for the world.

We all heard how Hillary "The Bitch" Rosen of the RIAA wants to write the IRAQI COPYRIGHT LAW. Its time people stood up and told her to faq off.

The RIAA has done an excellent job at convincing everybody that they are all criminals for doing P2P. Get over it already. You are not criminals.

So again, I am not worried. The RIAA knows that we have the capacity to ruin everything they've worked for over the last couple of years. They know that we have the finance to do basically anything we want. I mean where on this internet can you find a place where you get streamed movies for free? Our program was built so that not even packet shapers can stop ES5 traffic. Our security was planned from the beginning. I'd love for them to announce that they turn one link off. That would make us that much more popular.

They would announce to the world "Hey we turned ES5 streams off" and then the same day we would burst from another gateway a gigabyte of bandwidth of free movies, live PPV events for free, etc., from auxillary links making them look like total idiots. They are always welcome to come to Jenin or Gaza

We also have passive burstable links, already connected with designated local loop lines that nobody knows about and are waiting to be used, plus we have wireless connections and on top of that we have sattelite backup.

There isnt anything they can do about direct downloads and streams. We plan to re educate the entire P2P community. Stop thinking that you guys are criminals. What we are doing is LEGAL.

Cheers,
SharePro

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