VeryCD
Encyclopedia
VeryCD is a Chinese website that shares files via eD2k links
. The website began in September 2003 by Huang Yimeng . In June 2005, Shanghai Source Networking Technology Co., Ltd was established. It is a for-profit organization headquartered in Shanghai
, China
. Today, VeryCD is one of the most popular file-sharing (via ed2k links) websites in China.
seed database website in the world. […] Its declaration against corruption from capitalized operation kept the website organized and free of advertisement abuse." But some people thought that it was contradictory, since VeryCD was already a commercial company which had a lot of advertisement on the website. The creator of the website and leader of the VeryCD company, Huang Yimeng was also listed in a "list of Chinese multimillionaires born in 1980s" by some Chinese media.
clients, eMule VeryCD Mod and easyMule, are developed by VeryCD company.
and open-sourced
. It has a built-in browser
to access the Web.
Due to the censorship in China
, eMule VeryCD Mod has a search word filter to prevent users from searching some political or pornographic words.
(Browser Helper Object) plug-in to users' IE
browser. The browser built in easyMule can only access VeryCD.com site.
easyMule's users can't search via eDonkey servers or Kad network
, it is only allowed to search from the links indexed by VeryCD.com.
easyMule version 1 is eMule-based and open-sourced. Since v2.0, easyMule has closed its source. VeryCD company's developer claimed that easyMule 2.0 is written from scratch by them. On 1 July 2009, an aMule
developer wrote a topic on VeryCD's group, claiming that easyMule is built over code of aMule which is a GPLed eD2k client, and asking for the code. But this was said to be "purely irresponsible nonsense" and refused by VeryCD's owner Huang Yimeng.
's Dynamic Leecher Protection (DLP) to ban leecher-mods, but use their own modified source-closed dll library file. They removed Xunlei
from the blacklist, and have falsely banned Xtreme, MorphXT
and some other eMule mods twice in November 2008 and May 2010.
's official website.
"Dianlv" is eDonkey
's Chinese name. Some Chinese users call eMule "Dianlv" as well. VeryCD company has tried to register both "eMule" and "Dianlv" for trademarks in China
, but not approved up to now. However, easyMule (version 1 and 2) was named "Dianlv" in Chinese by the company. VeryCD.com claims itself to be the official "Dianlv" site. The name of "Dianlv" is considered to be another misleading.
VeryCD sometimes deletes topics about the real official eMule and non-VeryCD clients on its site.
. Now the forum registration has been stopped. The new "groups" is being used.
More than 150 thousands shared contents pages had been published and indexed, accessible to its search engine. On these pages, Files' eD2k links are shared freely by users.
sharing project by VeryCD that is intended to be the largest music library in the P2P world and indexed by VeryCD. It maintains requirements for the seeder to have standardized MP3 format with ID3 tags for metadata, standardized RAR packing method, album cover, introduction to VeryCD and its project, no repeat publication of the same content and have enough bandwidth. MP3 items were forced to join this project for publishing on VeryCD.com. Since some users were against this advertisement project, now it is no longer forced.
claimed that VeryCD.com and some other sites have violated various regulations, including the publishing of horrific, violent or pornographic content, and operating a video site without proper approval. None of the sites was warned due to piracy issues.
Ed2k URI scheme
In computing, eD2k links are hyperlinks used to denote files stored on computers connected to the eDonkey filesharing P2P network.- General :...
. The website began in September 2003 by Huang Yimeng . In June 2005, Shanghai Source Networking Technology Co., Ltd was established. It is a for-profit organization headquartered in Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
. Today, VeryCD is one of the most popular file-sharing (via ed2k links) websites in China.
Aims
According to VeryCD company, VeryCD.com "aims to be the biggest and the most user-friendly P2PPeer-to-peer
Peer-to-peer computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads among peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the application...
seed database website in the world. […] Its declaration against corruption from capitalized operation kept the website organized and free of advertisement abuse." But some people thought that it was contradictory, since VeryCD was already a commercial company which had a lot of advertisement on the website. The creator of the website and leader of the VeryCD company, Huang Yimeng was also listed in a "list of Chinese multimillionaires born in 1980s" by some Chinese media.
Software
Two eDonkey networkEDonkey network
The eDonkey network is a decentralized, mostly server-based, peer-to-peer file sharing network best suited to share big files among users, and to provide long term availability of files...
clients, eMule VeryCD Mod and easyMule, are developed by VeryCD company.
eMule VeryCD Mod
eMule VeryCD Mod developed since 2003 is based on eMuleEMule
eMule is a free peer-to-peer file sharing application for Microsoft Windows. Started in May 2002 as an alternative to eDonkey2000, eMule now connects to both the eDonkey network and the Kad network...
and open-sourced
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
. It has a built-in browser
Web browser
A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content...
to access the Web.
Due to the censorship in China
Censorship in the People's Republic of China
Censorship in the People's Republic of China is implemented or mandated by the PRC's ruling party, the Communist Party of China . The special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau have their own legal systems and are largely self-governing, so these censorship policies do not apply...
, eMule VeryCD Mod has a search word filter to prevent users from searching some political or pornographic words.
easyMule
easyMule developed since 2007 is now the company's primary client. It removes the category, message, IRC, custom skin and some other features from eMule, adds BHOBrowser Helper Object
A Browser Helper Object is a DLL module designed as a plugin for Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser to provide added functionality. BHOs were introduced in October 1997 with the release of version 4 of Internet Explorer. Most BHOs are loaded once by each new instance of Internet Explorer...
(Browser Helper Object) plug-in to users' IE
Internet Explorer
Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year...
browser. The browser built in easyMule can only access VeryCD.com site.
easyMule's users can't search via eDonkey servers or Kad network
Kad Network
The Kad network is a peer-to-peer network which implements the Kademlia P2P overlay protocol. The majority of users on the Kad Network are also connected to servers on the eDonkey network, and Kad Network clients typically query known nodes on the eDonkey network in order to find an initial node...
, it is only allowed to search from the links indexed by VeryCD.com.
easyMule version 1 is eMule-based and open-sourced. Since v2.0, easyMule has closed its source. VeryCD company's developer claimed that easyMule 2.0 is written from scratch by them. On 1 July 2009, an aMule
AMule
aMule is a free peer-to-peer file sharing application that works with the EDonkey network and the Kad Network, offering similar features to eMule and adding others such as GeoIP . It was forked from the xMule source code on August 18, 2003, which itself is a fork of the lMule project, which was the...
developer wrote a topic on VeryCD's group, claiming that easyMule is built over code of aMule which is a GPLed eD2k client, and asking for the code. But this was said to be "purely irresponsible nonsense" and refused by VeryCD's owner Huang Yimeng.
Anti-leech
The two clients implement eMule Xtreme ModXtreme Mod
eMule Xtreme Mod is a free peer-to-peer file sharing application for Microsoft Windows based on eMule, released under the GNU General Public License, coded in Microsoft Visual C++. It connects to the eDonkey network and the Kad network...
's Dynamic Leecher Protection (DLP) to ban leecher-mods, but use their own modified source-closed dll library file. They removed Xunlei
Xunlei
Xunlei is a download manager developed by Thunder Networking Technologies , supporting HTTP, FTP, EDonkey, BitTorrent protocols. , it was the most commonly used BitTorrent client worldwide....
from the blacklist, and have falsely banned Xtreme, MorphXT
MorphXT
eMule MorphXT is a peer-to-peer file sharing application for Microsoft Windows released under the GNU General Public License , as is its parent software eMule.eMule connects to both the eDonkey network and the Kad network...
and some other eMule mods twice in November 2008 and May 2010.
Fake eMule
eMule VeryCD Mod's official website, emule.org.cn, named "Dianlv (eMule) Chinese Site" (电驴(eMule)中文网站), is criticized in that it misleads users and pretends to be eMuleEMule
eMule is a free peer-to-peer file sharing application for Microsoft Windows. Started in May 2002 as an alternative to eDonkey2000, eMule now connects to both the eDonkey network and the Kad network...
's official website.
"Dianlv" is eDonkey
EDonkey
eDonkey may refer to:* eDonkey network , a popular file sharing network** eDonkey2000, a discontinued file sharing program that used the eDonkey network...
's Chinese name. Some Chinese users call eMule "Dianlv" as well. VeryCD company has tried to register both "eMule" and "Dianlv" for trademarks in China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
, but not approved up to now. However, easyMule (version 1 and 2) was named "Dianlv" in Chinese by the company. VeryCD.com claims itself to be the official "Dianlv" site. The name of "Dianlv" is considered to be another misleading.
VeryCD sometimes deletes topics about the real official eMule and non-VeryCD clients on its site.
Feature
There used to be a Discussion forum powered by Invision Power BoardInvision Power Board
Invision Power Board is an Internet forum software produced by Invision Power Services, Inc...
. Now the forum registration has been stopped. The new "groups" is being used.
More than 150 thousands shared contents pages had been published and indexed, accessible to its search engine. On these pages, Files' eD2k links are shared freely by users.
MP3!
MP3! was a musicMusic
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
sharing project by VeryCD that is intended to be the largest music library in the P2P world and indexed by VeryCD. It maintains requirements for the seeder to have standardized MP3 format with ID3 tags for metadata, standardized RAR packing method, album cover, introduction to VeryCD and its project, no repeat publication of the same content and have enough bandwidth. MP3 items were forced to join this project for publishing on VeryCD.com. Since some users were against this advertisement project, now it is no longer forced.
Copyright
VeryCD announces that all the things on VeryCD.com are licensed under CC-BY-SA 1.0.Warning from administration
On 27 October 2008, China’s State Administration of Radio Film and TelevisionState Administration of Radio, Film, and Television
The State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television is an executive branch under the State Council of the People's Republic of China...
claimed that VeryCD.com and some other sites have violated various regulations, including the publishing of horrific, violent or pornographic content, and operating a video site without proper approval. None of the sites was warned due to piracy issues.
Users' quitting
At the end of November 2008, the discussion forum was abandoned, users were forced to use the "groups". At the meantime, VeryCD Mod falsely banned eMule Xtreme Mod, leading to users' dissatisfaction and quitting.Takedown
The site was temporarily taken offline on the 9th of Dec 2009. The homepage was on that date replaced by a message claiming server's technical difficulties. One of VeryCD's creators Dai Yunjie affirmed that, and claimed that it had nothing with Chinese administrations. The site returned to functional status one day after.Remove links
On 23 January 2011, eD2k links to all the music, movies and TV series on the site were removed.External links
- VeryCD.com
- eMule official
- eMule VeryCD Mod
- easyMule
- VeryCD on 电骡爱好者
- VeryCD Logo (Dash (Huang Yimeng)'s Flickr Photo Set)