<s>
iMesh	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
media	O
and	O
file	O
sharing	O
client	O
that	O
was	O
available	O
in	O
nine	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
used	O
a	O
proprietary	O
,	O
centralized	O
,	O
P2P	O
network	O
(	O
IM2Net	O
)	O
operating	O
on	O
ports	O
80	B-Protocol
,	O
443	B-Protocol
and	O
1863	B-General_Concept
.	O
iMesh	B-Protocol
was	O
owned	O
by	O
American	O
company	O
iMesh	B-Protocol
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
who	O
maintained	O
development	O
centers	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iMesh	B-Protocol
operated	O
the	O
first	O
"	O
RIAA-approved	O
"	O
P2P	O
service	O
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
residing	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
Canada	O
to	O
download	O
music	O
content	O
of	O
choice	O
for	O
a	O
monthly	O
fee	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
either	O
a	O
Premium	O
subscription	O
or	O
a	O
"	O
ToGo	O
"	O
subscription	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
website	O
of	O
iMesh	B-Protocol
was	O
hacked	O
and	O
approximately	O
50M	O
accounts	O
were	O
exposed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
9	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
iMesh	B-Protocol
shut	O
down	O
their	O
service	O
without	O
prior	O
notification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
top-level	O
web	O
page	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
read	O
"	O
We	O
are	O
sad	O
to	O
inform	O
you	O
that	O
iMesh	B-Protocol
is	O
no	O
longer	O
available.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
Support	O
page	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
read	O
"	O
Due	O
to	O
changes	O
in	O
the	O
music	O
industry	O
we	O
regret	O
to	O
inform	O
you	O
that	O
iMesh	B-Protocol
will	O
no	O
longer	O
be	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
,	O
and	O
will	O
no	O
longer	O
sell	O
subscriptions	O
or	O
music	O
tracks.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
posted	O
to	O
their	O
Facebook	B-Application
page	O
:	O
"	O
After	O
many	O
years	O
of	O
wonderful	O
music	O
,	O
iMesh	B-Protocol
is	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
Facebook	B-Application
users	I-Application
commented	O
on	O
the	O
post	O
to	O
express	O
frustration	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
no	O
way	O
to	O
contact	O
friends	O
made	O
via	O
the	O
iMesh	B-Protocol
social	O
networking	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
18	O
,	O
2003	O
the	O
RIAA	O
(	O
Recording	O
Industry	O
Association	O
of	O
America	O
)	O
sued	O
iMesh	B-Protocol
for	O
encouraging	O
copyright	O
infringement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iMesh	B-Protocol
settled	O
the	O
lawsuit	O
a	O
little	O
over	O
10	O
months	O
later	O
on	O
July	O
20	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
where	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
RIAA	O
,	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
settlement	O
were	O
that	O
iMesh	B-Protocol
would	O
pay	O
them	O
US	O
$4.1	O
million	O
and	O
could	O
continue	O
operating	O
as	O
normal	O
(	O
unlike	O
Grokster	B-Protocol
)	O
while	O
implementing	O
a	O
paid	O
service	O
(	O
iMesh	B-Protocol
6.0	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iMesh	B-Protocol
had	O
first	O
agreed	O
to	O
have	O
the	O
new	O
service	O
available	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2004	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
was	O
pushed	O
back	O
towards	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2005	O
due	O
to	O
technicalities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
relaunch	O
,	O
iMesh	B-Protocol
was	O
advertised	O
as	O
a	O
100%	O
legal	O
P2P	O
client	O
,	O
and	O
acknowledged	O
as	O
being	O
so	O
by	O
the	O
RIAA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iMesh	B-Protocol
6	O
client	O
(	O
and	O
later	O
versions	O
)	O
achieved	O
this	O
by	O
detecting	O
attempts	O
to	O
download	O
copyrighted	O
material	O
and	O
blocking	O
the	O
transfer	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
acoustic	B-Algorithm
fingerprinting	I-Algorithm
,	O
provided	O
by	O
content	O
protection	O
company	O
Audible	O
Magic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Video	O
files	O
more	O
than	O
50	O
MB	O
in	O
size	O
and	O
15	O
minutes	O
in	O
length	O
could	O
no	O
longer	O
be	O
shared	O
on	O
the	O
iMesh	B-Protocol
network	O
,	O
ensuring	O
feature-length	O
releases	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
transferred	O
across	O
the	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
