Intellectual Property

Index of Topics

Overview of Peer-to-Peer sharing

Uses of Peer-to-Peer Software

BitTorrent: Introduction [Ideal P2P Implementation], Bram Cohen
Downloading for Democracy Wired News, Kim Zetter, Jul. 19, 2004
Sharing Lightens the Download ACM News Service, New Scientist Vol. 182, No. 2453, P. 26, McCarthy, Kieren June 26, 2004
Stealth P2P network hides inside Kazaa. CNET News.com, John Borland, April 1, 2002.

Privacy Issues of Peer-to-Peer's

Software Piracy Is in Resurgence, With New Safeguards Eroded by File Sharing ACM News Service, New York Times, Douglas Heingartner, January 19, 2004
Of Ants and Online Pirates ACM News Service, ABCNews.com, Paul Eng, January 20, 2004
P2P Security Declan Murphy, Jarlath Kelly, Keith Curley, John Vickery, Dan O'Keeffe
P2P Whipping Boy: Know the Risks Wired News, Katie Dean, May 10, 2003
AudioGalaxy Flubs Security OpenP2P.com, Marc Hedlund, July 24, 2001
"Spyware" piggybacks on Napster rivals CNET News.com, John Borland, May 14, 2001 ;
Who is spying on your downloads? Salon.com, Janelle Brown, March 27, 2001
P2P Will Lead To Higher ISP Charges? Slashdot, "Hemos", February 27, 2001

Are Peer-to-Peers responsible for Media Sales Decline

Study: File-Sharing No Threat to Music Sales washingtonpost.com, David McGuire, March 29, 2004
Winwood: Roll With P2P, Baby Wired News, Katie Dean, July 09, 2004
Academics Patent P2P Spoofing ACM News Service, Wired News, Katie Dean, May 08, 2004
Illegal movie downloads on the rise, says the MPAA ARS Technica, Eric Bangeman, July 09, 2004
AT&T Labs to MPAA: stop leaking your own movies! ARS Technica, Eric Bangeman, September 14, 2003
Global sales of recorded music down 7% in 2002. IFPI News, London, April 9, 2003
Study: Online music sales plummeting. MacCentral, Staff, Nov. 04, 2002
Decline in CD sales apparently unrelated to proliferation of lousy music. SiliconValley.com, John Paczkowski, April 10, 2003
Boring music as bad for CD sales as P2P vnunet.com, Dinah Greek, June 06, 2003

Future of Peer-to-Peer sharing

P2P United - Fighting for the Future of Peer-to-Peer Technology
P2P: Then, Now and the Future Slyck News, Garrett Friedman, February 23, 2004
File-sharing to bypass censorship BBC News, Tracey Logan, April 09, 2004
P2P News Networks: will they fly? ARS Technica, Matt Woodward, April 09, 2004
Legal P2P networks gaining ground CNET News.com, John Borland, March 11, 2004
P2P Millionaires on the Increase Slyck News, November 15, 2003
Hatch Vows P2P Action This Year InternetNews.com, Roy Mark, July 23, 2004
Peer-to-Peer Goes Beyond Napster Wired News, Andy Patrizio, February 14, 2001
'Napster' Networks Have No Peers Wired News, Leander Kahney, February 14, 2001
Intel: The future is peer ZDnet News, John Spooner and Ken Popovich, August 23, 2000

Peer-to-Peer services

BitTorrent has become one of the most widely used P2P implementations.
MUTE focuses on being a secure/private P2P network.
Zeropaid.com provides access to/info on many file sharing services.
Gnutella has several popular clients.
P2P Parade - Dozens of alternatives for Napster rediff.com Net Guide, Andrea M., Jan. 14, 2003