Sam Yagan, CEO of upstart MetaMachine, Inc, has received a letter from the Recording Industry Association of America, Inc (RIAA) asked him to close Edonkey, a popular file-sharing system MetaMachine author. In September 2005, more than 30 million users rely on Edonkey share digital files, which makes software MetaMachine in the most popular file-sharing clients around the world. But now the end seemed near. Was there a way to save Edonkey? Was it time for Yagan out? He had little time to figure out his next step. "Hide
by Felix Oberholzer-Gee Source: Harvard Business School 11 pages. Publication Date: November 13, 2006. Prod. #: 707482-PDF-ENG
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