Music P2P services Bearshare and iMesh are now completely offline. However, with Bearshare and iMesh now completely unavailable, former users may be looking for alternatives. And in fact, new surveys show that most people who frequented BearShare and iMesh are likely now using legal music streaming options.

Is iMesh legal?

After the relaunch, iMesh was advertised as a 100% legal P2P client, and acknowledged as being so by the RIAA.

Is BearShare still a thing?

As of June 12, 2016, BearShare is no longer available to download. The official page with a message announcing its discontinuation remained active until March 2017.