Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog People think the same about downloading files from peer-to-peer services as their parents did about taping songs from the radio — who loses? Kent highlighted some key factors — legal digital files with no viruses or spyware in a controlled client...
[September 1, 2006, 20:30]
Firms Facing File-sharing Probes
News Peer-to-peer can be a lot of stuff, but I'm surprised that the FBI is involved. Employers whose staff run peer-to-peer applications over their corporate networks could soon face investigation by legal authorities looking for illegal file sharers in...
[March 24, 2005, 17:10]
What's Hidden In Your Hard Drive?
News But the issue was raised to alarming levels this month when consumers using the Kazaa program learned that they had unwittingly agreed to install software that could help turn their computers into nodes for a peer-to-peer network controlled by...
[April 18, 2002, 15:48]
Band Sabotages Napster With Covert Capers
News The creators of Napster, an MP3 peer-to-peer application that makes it easy to share digital music, are currently being sued by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for allegedly promoting mass music piracy.
[September 19, 2000, 15:32]
Employers Crack Down On MP3s
News The number of "peer-to-peer" Web sites has increased fivefold in the past year, according to Websense, a company that makes software to monitor and block employee Web usage. According to Websense, about 35 out of 250 companies surveyed in a recent...
[June 27, 2002, 14:23]
