Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Peer-to-peer is alive and well...

Illegal file sharing showing no letup
By John Boudreau
San Jose Mercury News
Monday, July 3, 2006

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A year after the Supreme Court's landmark Grokster decision — which set out to curb online theft of music and movies — illegal file sharing is as popular as ever even as Silicon Valley technologists and Hollywood moguls continue their awkward embrace.
...and further down:
...Meanwhile, file sharing, most of which is illegal, continues to grow. Nearly 10 million users worldwide simultaneously clicked into peer-to-peer technology in May — 12 percent more than in May 2005, according to BigChampagne, a Los Angeles research firm that monitors file sharing.
"The social-networking aspect of the Internet is continuing to blossom, and no landmark court decision or watershed event changes that," BigChampagne Chief Executive Eric Garland said.

Article at: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/
businesstechnology/2003101281_btfilesharing03.html

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