<s>
CuteMX	B-Protocol
was	O
an	O
early	O
P2P	O
file	O
sharing	O
program	O
that	O
emerged	O
prior	O
to	O
Napster	B-Application
's	O
demise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
Napster	B-Application
and	O
Scour	O
,	O
CuteMX	B-Protocol
used	O
a	O
centrally-located	O
server	B-Application
for	O
connecting	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
service	O
and	O
their	O
shared	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CuteMX	B-Protocol
was	O
developed	O
by	O
GlobalSCAPE	O
in	O
2000	O
but	O
unlike	O
Napster	B-Application
,	O
Globalscape	O
decided	O
to	O
pull	O
the	O
service	O
due	O
to	O
intense	O
litigation	O
around	O
Napster	B-Application
,	O
preferring	O
to	O
honor	O
the	O
copyright	O
complaints	O
by	O
the	O
music	O
industry	O
artists	O
and	O
their	O
associates	O
,	O
and	O
reconsider	O
introducing	O
CuteMX	B-Protocol
after	O
the	O
issues	O
were	O
decided	O
and	O
clarified	O
in	O
the	O
courts	O
,	O
even	O
though	O
CuteMX	B-Protocol
had	O
actually	O
gained	O
a	O
fairly	O
sizable	O
dedicated	O
user	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GlobalSCAPE	O
announced	O
in	O
July	O
2000	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
shut	O
down	O
CuteMX	B-Protocol
temporarily	O
due	O
to	O
Napster	B-Application
's	O
ongoing	O
court	O
battles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
CuteMX	B-Protocol
client	O
(	O
2.5	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
August	O
2000	O
with	O
content	O
filtering	O
technology	O
meant	O
to	O
prevent	O
trading	O
of	O
illegal	O
files	O
and	O
to	O
appease	O
the	O
movie	O
and	O
music	O
recording	O
industries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
spite	O
of	O
the	O
positive	O
results	O
for	O
Napster	B-Application
from	O
their	O
own	O
litigation	O
,	O
no	O
further	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
CuteMX	B-Protocol
program	O
were	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CuteMX	B-Protocol
client	O
had	O
an	O
integrated	O
version	O
of	O
Windows	B-Device
Media	I-Device
Player	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
client	O
features	O
included	O
DCC	O
(	O
direct	O
client-to-client	O
)	O
transfer	O
for	O
trusted	O
users	O
and	O
private	O
chat	O
and	O
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
