Editing Shareaza (section)

=== Domain takeover ===
On 19 December 2007 the project's [[domain name]], shareaza.com, was [[domain redirection|redirected]] to a site claiming to be "The Official Home of Shareaza", promoting the download of a client known as Shareaza V4 (which had become V6 in October 2009, V7 in August 2010, and V8 {{As of|2011|11|alt=in November 2011}}) unrelated to releases by the Shareaza development team,<ref>{{cite web | title = TorrentFreak - Shareaza.com Hijacked and Turned Into a Scam Site | url = http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/ | access-date = 2007-12-24 | archive-date = 2009-08-22 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090822044524/http://torrentfreak.com/shareazacom-hijacked-and-turned-into-a-scam-site-071224/ | url-status = live }}</ref> an [[iMesh]] clone with only small graphical modifications, and using Shareaza v1 logo. The domain owner Jon Nilson was forced to sell it as a part of a settlement with ''La Societe Des Producteurs De Phonogrammes En France''.<ref>{{cite web | title = TorrentFreak - The Shareaza Conspiracy In a Nutshell | url = http://torrentfreak.com/the-shareaza-conspiracy-in-a-nutshell-080313/ | access-date = 2012-01-05 | archive-date = 2012-07-27 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120727071306/http://torrentfreak.com/the-shareaza-conspiracy-in-a-nutshell-080313/ | url-status = live }}</ref> This client is a network interface for a centralised music shop by Discordia Ltd. and does not connect to any open P2P network such as [[Gnutella]], [[Gnutella2|G2]], [[eDonkey network|eDonkey]] or [[BitTorrent (protocol)|BitTorrent]]. Content is limited to the [[Digital rights management|DRM]]-protected music that can be bought in Discordia's online music store; Discordia is a company based in [[Cyprus]], closely related to the [[RIAA]] and unrelated to the Shareaza development team. In response the Shareaza development team moved their website to [[SourceForge]].

Versions prior to 2.3.1.0 of the original Shareaza connected to www.shareaza.com to check for software updates. From 1 January 2008 the new owner of the domain shareaza.com, Discordia Ltd.  used this update check mechanism to suggest to users that ShareazaV4 (and later ShareazaV5, V6, and V7) was an update to the original Shareaza client. Since version 2.3.1.0,<ref>{{cite web | title = Heise-Security - Hostile takeover of Shareaza | url = http://www.heise-online.co.uk/security/Hostile-takeover-of-Shareaza--/news/101548 | access-date = 2008-02-09 | archive-date = 2008-10-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081015160002/http://www.heise-online.co.uk/security/Hostile-takeover-of-Shareaza--/news/101548 | url-status = live }}; {{cite web | title = Secunia - Shareaza Updates Notifications Security Issue | url = http://secunia.com/advisories/28302/ | access-date = 2008-01-14 | archive-date = 2009-09-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090907050010/http://secunia.com/advisories/28302/ | url-status = live }}</ref> released on 3 January 2008, the original Shareaza has linked to the Shareaza pages at sourceforge.net.