Where have I been? I didn’t even realize the eDonkey servers were still out there.

The music industry claimed another legal victory in its battle against illegal file sharing in Europe on Friday, but the win may not last long.

Seven servers that were part of the eDonkey file-sharing network were shut down this week in Germany after a court granted injunctions, said the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), a recording industry trade group.

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That action, as well as other recent shutdowns of eDonkey servers in the Netherlands and France, has disabled use of the network to one million users, about a third of the total number of users, IFPI claimed.

But research analyst Jonathan Arber of Ovum said more servers are likely to pop up to replace shuttered ones. Legal actions against eDonkey users now are “kind of like shutting the gate a few years after the horse has bolted,” he said.

When it comes to P2P networks, any attempt to close them down only results in another alternative pooping up soon afterward. People have always traded files and they will continue to find ways, no matter what the music industry or anyone else wants.

Maybe eDonkey should find an island or some land for sale and decalre themselves their own country, then they would be immune from all this, right?

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