I wish to echo JackSpratts point on legitimate uses of P2P: Not all file sharers are illegally sharing copyrighted works. P2P clients are routinely used every day to share public domain information, including distribution of "freeware" software, like "The Open CD".
Of course, P2P also finds legitimate use in business and similar private network groups for a variety of information sharing applications.
The causations of file sharing are also worth investigation, which will most likely end up pointing to the (music, motion picture) industry clinging for dear life to an outdated business model that does not work well in today's digital age.
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Copyright means the copy of the CD/DVD burned with no errors.
I will never spend a another dime on content that I can’t use the way I please. If I can’t copy it to my hard drive and play it using the devices I want, when and where I want, I won’t be buying it. Period. They can all take their DRM, broadcast flags, rootkits, and Compact Discs that aren’t really compact discs and shove them up their bottom-lines.
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08-12-04, 05:16 PM
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