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Peer-to-Peer Networks for Content Sharing

Peer-To-Peer (P2P) systems are popularly used as "File-swapping" networks to support distributed content sharing. A number of P2P networks... Read more

1 January, 2012

Swappers log off Kazaa as alternatives emerge

...first quarter of 2003. Altnet executives did not return requests for comment. File-swapping observers say the coming fall will be a test for Kazaa... Read more

1 July, 2004 by John Borland

Ants inspire P2P concealment

...that data into useable music, their software must seek elsewhere on the file-swapping network for the encryption "keys" that will unlock the data, transforming... Read more

25 February, 2004 by John Borland

File-swapping network told to unplug computers

A Chicago federal judge has ordered file-swapping service Madster, formerly known as Aimster, to unplug its computers from... Read more

4 December, 2002 by John Borland

Hackers turn tables on file-swapping firms

The record companies had their Napster, and the stream of file-swapping companies that followed. The file-swapping companies now have their "Dr... Read more

25 April, 2002 by John Borland

Court cracks down on file-swapping company

A Dutch court on Thursday ordered file-swapping software maker Kazaa to prevent people using its product from engaging... Read more

30 November, 2001 by Jasper Koning

Supreme Court rules against file swapping

...Supreme Court handed movie studios and record labels a sweeping victory against file-swapping, ruling on Monday that peer-to-peer companies such as Grokster... Read more

27 June, 2005 by John Borland

File-swapping lawsuits put on hold

...has ruled that the MPAA failed to show good reason why 12 file-swapping cases should be bundled together Read more

25 November, 2004 by John Borland

Hollywood heads to court over movie-swapping

...up telephone interview, Glickman said he was not prepared to divulge which file-swapping networks would be targeted in the first round of lawsuits. Literature... Read more

5 November, 2004 by Declan McCullagh

P2P moves to the mobile space

...there is very little resistance; in fact, those same fierce opponents of file-swapping are among the technology's biggest cheerleaders. "All the labels are... Read more

4 November, 2004 by Ben Charny

RIAA files 750 more lawsuits

...as Web traffic or were otherwise difficult to find, found that aggregate file-swapping traffic had not declined between August 2002 and January 2004. "We... Read more

29 October, 2004 by John Borland

Supreme Court hears file-swapping case

...to overturn a controversial series of recent court decisions that have kept file-swapping software legal. The decisions have been among the biggest setbacks for... Read more

11 October, 2004 by John Borland

File-swapping legal fight gathers steam

A hotly contested wrangle in the US Congress over how to outlaw file-swapping networks just took a new twist. The US Copyright Office has... Read more

3 September, 2004 by Declan McCullagh

Internet2 used for file-swapping

...around limitations that many universities have begun to impose on widely used file-swapping applications such as Kazaa. "Some universities put a restriction on commodity... Read more

30 April, 2004 by John Borland

Morpheus infiltrates other P2P networks

New file-swapping applications are bridging formerly separate networks, promising to improve the efficiency... Read more

19 January, 2004 by John Borland

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