A community portal about File sharing with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: File sharing is the practice of making files available for other users to download over the Internet and smaller networks. Usually file...
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A community portal about File sharing with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: File sharing is the practice of making files available for other users to download over the Internet and smaller networks. Usually file sharing follows the peer-to-peer model, where the files are stored on and served by personal computers of the users. Most people who engage in file sharing are also downloading files that other users share. Sometimes these two activities are linked together. P2P File sharing is distinct from file trading in that downloading files from a P2P network does not require uploading, although some networks either provide incentives for uploading such as credits or force the sharing of files being currently downloaded.
Content distributors are finally starting to warm up to peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing, but the technology still has a long way to go before gaining wide acceptance as choice method of video distribution, according to executives at the recent Streaming Media West conference in San Jose...
I learned today (from the EFF press release “RIAA Lawsuit Campaign Losing Credibility”) about the September 2008 EFF report, “RIAA v. The People: Five Years Later.” I wholeheartedly agree with the final sentences of the second introductory paragraph of the report:
…suing music fans has proven to...
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has been taking a lot of people to court—basically, harassing folks in an attempt to curb file-sharing. The $220,000 verdict against Jammy Thomas got a lot of news (and probably worried a lot of folks). However, on appeal (i.e., after a new...
Sprint's new XOHM WiMAX service - does it hate both lowercase letters and P2P file-sharing? After Sprint switched on the wireless home and mobile broadband service in Baltimore this week, reporters seized on ...
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Nine rights groups have joined together to file a friend of the court brief in what they say is the first major lawsuit against a creator of peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing software since the infamous MGM v Grokster.
In a coalition, the Center for Democracy and...
The guys behind controversial file-sharing site The Pirate Bay have been called many things. Mostly they don’t care, but when people, especially representatives of the media, want to slip them into the tights of Robin Hood, they refuse to cooperate. Meet Peter Sunde and Fredrik Neij, two of the...
Right as it leaves the starting gate, there might already be a bit of controversy surrounding Sprint’s 4G WiMax offering, Xohm.
Silicon Valley Insider did a bit of digging through the Xohm policy agreement, and came across this little gem:
“To ensure a high-quality experience for its entire...
p2pnet news view P2P | Advertising:- TekSavvy is a Canadian ISP.
Mp3Rocket is a US p2p file sharing application.
RealNetworks is a US company trying to turn online music into paying (for it) concern.
Apart from the fact they all depend on the Net in one way or another, what else do they have in...
Last year, the Recording Industry Association of America scored its first-ever legal victory in court when a federal jury awarded the group $220,000 for copyright infringement of 24 songs by Jammie Thomas. The crux of the RIAA's complaint against Thomas was that she had made the songs (and...
If BitTorrent and eDonkey2000 were suddenly wiped off the face of the Earth, very little of file-sharing would remain - " at least according to the latest P2P study conducted by ipoque.
WASHINGTON, DC ... Noting the potential privacy and security risks associated with popular peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing programs, Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), joined by Congressman John Barrow (D-GA) and Ranking Member of the ...
Lifehacker documents their top five BitTorrent software packages : As someone who steers clear of P2P file sharing networks, when dabbling on the dark side I use the simple BitTorrent client built into the ...
A panel of industry insiders said Internet service providers, content distributors, and others who are concerned that the explosion of video file-sharing sites is clogging up the Internet need to do a better ...
Knetwit is a Web site that combines some familiar Web 2.0 features a ' user profiles, file sharing, online communities a ' with the goals of campus note-taking services.
EchoPic is the way photo sharing should be....simple! It is truly free, has unlimited storage, gives you huge amounts of freedom in what file size to upload, and doesn't snatch your photo rights.