Transferring large data files, such as movies and music, over the Internet could be sped up significantly if peer-to-peer file-sharing services were configured to share not only identical files, but ...

Peer-to-peer (P2P) software is an escalating technology: Kazaa Media Desktop is currently the most popular download on CNET Download.com. It's been ranked on the Most Popular chart for 57 weeks and ...

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Ever wonder how your friends have all the latest music blaring on their iPods while you're still trying to get your hands on the CD? Or how they managed to get the coolest videos right on their PC, ...

Over the last few years, the popularity of peer-to-peer filesharing has exploded, leaving widespread filesharing lawsuits and traffic management policies in its wake. But the same features that allow ...

Just two weeks after a judge ordered LimeWire to shut down its P2P operations, a pirated version of the file-sharing client has appeared online. By Glenn Peoples Just two weeks after a judge ordered ...

Previously at GIGAZINEDownloading files using P2P software etc may be illegalI told you that it was officially decided today at last. Apart from P2P software,YouTube ...

An injunction is denied because a judge says there's no evidence that CBS Interactive purposely encourages infringement "now or in the foreseeable future." By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large ...

A pair of recent studies suggest P2P users are moving away from music downloads, with video and software sharing taking up the slack. A study from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and ...

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