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File Sharing Nightmare
Member Review Well, the one most crippling thing its done is to disable our file sharing, two boxes running W2K. Yes, there are settings apparently to permit and block Windows file sharing, give access to 'trusted' computers, etc.
[June 18, 2004, 9:03]
File-sharing Networks Go Into Battle
News In a sign that file-sharing communities may start to turn on each other, Altnet said Thursday that rival networks may be violating its patent for digital tags and it plans to bring to them in line. Kazaa is one of the most popular file-sharing...
[June 6, 2003, 8:31]
File-sharing Programs Carry Trojan Horse
News A pair of popular file-sharing programs have become privacy time bombs, according to computer experts. Antivirus company Symantec last week reported the presence of "spyware" bundled with Grokster and Limewire, two popular file-swapping downloads.
[January 3, 2002, 9:37]
File Sharing Legal - Canada
Talkback I say newly released cd prices should go back down to 14 dollars if the music industry really wants to deter kids from file sharing. Hi, I think its great that a nation finally stands up for the rights of copyright holders.
[April 1, 2004, 23:39]
Disable Simple File Sharing
White Papers Windows XP uses a new streamlined method of sharing files, called 'Simple file sharing,' by default. If a person desires more security for his or her shares, he or she can revert to the higher security method of sharing files used in Windows 2000.
[September 1, 2006, 0:00]
Privacy-Invasive Software In File-Sharing Tools
White Papers In an experiment presented in this paper, five file-sharing tools are investigated and found that they all contained ad-/spyware programs, and, that these hidden components communicated with several servers on the Internet.
[April 14, 2006, 0:00]
BPI Wins Landmark File-sharing Case
Talkback Well go ahead that don't change anything.over 100 million people all over the world is using a file sharing software. Why not try to put 100 million ppl in jail. Don't think so.million ppl is a too big mass.
[January 27, 2006, 20:32]
The Regulation Of Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Networks: Legal Convergence V. Perception Divergence
White Papers The purpose of this paper is to ask this question: despite the admittedly draconian legal measures enacted both in the EU and the USA, seeking to regulate illegal conduct on P2P networks, and regardless of the lawsuits brought by the entertainment...
[December 26, 2004, 23:00]
Firms Facing File-sharing Probes
Talkback now that they are scaning networks for file sharing activities so they soon scan messangers or maybe they will put a Net-policeman behind you even at home,where are we going
[March 30, 2005, 17:09]
A File Discovery Control Scheme For P2P File Sharing Applications In Wireless Mobile Environments
White Papers Thus, how to improve the resource discovery and retrieval for P2P file sharing applications in wireless mobile networks becomes a critical issue. Peers' movements in wireless mobile network change the routing path which affects the file retrieval...
[August 13, 2007, 0:00]
Simulative Performance Evaluation Of A Mobile Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing System
White Papers Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file-sharing has become the killer application in the wired Internet and might also be highly attractive for mobile networks. This paper investigates the performance of an eDonkey-based mobile P2P file-sharing system by means of...
[November 21, 2005, 23:00]
An Empirical Study Of Free-Riding Behavior In The Maze P2P File-Sharing System
White Papers Maze is a P2P file-sharing system with an active and large user base. Embedded in Maze is a set of incentive policies designed to encourage sharing and contribution. It is developed, deployed and operated by an academic research team.
[April 21, 2006, 0:00]
Intel Hops On The File-sharing Train
News For corporate use, those examples will include a distributed file-sharing application as well as distributed computing applications that can make use of spare processing power found across a network. Building on the stir caused by the peer-to-peer...
[August 9, 2000, 13:38]
Apple Unplugs ITunes Internet File-sharing
News Apple Computer has limited a music-sharing feature from the latest version of iTunes after some Mac owners used it to swap songs over the Internet. The new iTunes 4.0.1 update limits Rendezvous music sharing to work only between computers on a...
[May 28, 2003, 8:13]
Napster Court Case Throttles File Sharing
News The number of people actively sharing files over the Internet using peer-to-peer systems has almost halved since Napster -- one of the most popular file-sharing services -- was taken to court. As well as the overall drop in people using peer-to...
[October 29, 2001, 14:04]
EU Backs ISPs Over File-sharing
News The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling, which relates to a battle between the Spanish internet service provider (ISP) Telefonica and the Spanish music rights organisation Promusicae, is a blow to a content industry that has long depicted file...
[January 30, 2008, 13:55]
The DiMaS System For Authoring Communities: Distributing Semantic Multimedia Content On Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Networks
White Papers DiMaS proves as a concept that it is possible to make a system for multimedia producers to publish their work on highly popular P2P file sharing networks, and importantly, the system enables producers to insert content metadata, to manage...
[January 12, 2005, 23:00]
ISPs Given Deadline For File-sharing Crackdown
News Whitehall has told ISPs they have until April next year to crack down on file-sharing of copyrighted material. Currently ISPs bear no liability for illegal file-sharing as the content is not hosted on their servers.
[February 22, 2008, 12:57]
AOL Pulls File-sharing Software
News A day after developers at America Online's Nullsoft unit quietly released file-sharing software, AOL pulled the link to the product from the subsidiary's Web site. The software, called Waste, lets groups set up private, secure file-sharing networks.
[June 2, 2003, 9:52]
BPI Wins Landmark File-sharing Case
News The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has won a landmark legal victor against two British citizens who distributed music over the Internet using peer-to-peer file-sharing programs, it announced on Friday.
[January 27, 2006, 16:40]
