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Is social networking a threat to your security?
News Meanwhile, a quarter of SME staff surveyed said they could not live without P2P file-sharing during their work day and 17 per cent said they use free software download websites at work.... [23 Jul 2007]
ISPs: 'Don't blame us for illegal activity'
News The Internet Service Providers' Association (Ispa) has repeated its assertion that ISPs should not be responsible for any illegal file-sharing that takes place over their networks. Speaking yesterday in... [12 Jul 2007]
Hollywood gives blessing to BitTorrent store
News To sell entertainment companies on the idea they could profit from the file-sharing system, BitTorrent executives had to make some important concessions - such as wrapping digital media on the site in a... [26 Feb 2007]
Google accused of helping P2P pirates
News The sites allegedly sold software to help people search for movies on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks and download them to their hard drive. The revelation of the lawsuit and the allegations against... [13 Feb 2007]
Top hacker targets named
News SANS also named web applications, P2P file-sharing software, media players, VoIP phones and people themselves as some of the easiest targets for hackers. Security from A to Z Click on... [15 Nov 2006]
French DRM-busting law strokes Apple, hurts P2P
News The original text of the Dadvsi law had also proposed the decriminalisation of file-sharing, with fixed penalty fines for those convicted of illegal uploading or downloading of music files. The real... [31 Jul 2006]
France to legalise P2P file-sharing?
News The French advocacy organization has represented approximately 100 clients accused of sharing files illegally. France could become the first country to pass a law broadly permitting free downloads of copyright content... [23 Dec 2005]
Illegal file-sharing three times as popular as iTunes
News A report from analyst house JupiterResearch discovered that consumers are three times more likely to get their digital music from illegal file-sharing networks than pay to download the tracks from online... [29 Nov 2005]
Parents and employers targeted in anti-P2P drive
News A free program released on Thursday, called Digital File Check, will uninstall or disable file-sharing programs on people's computers. The organisation won a Supreme Court fight in June... [23 Sep 2005]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Niklas Zennström
News He earned a spot for his role in building businesses around disruptive technologies - first P2P file-sharing network Kazaa and then VoIP player Skype. As the countdown begins to... [19 Sep 2005]
P2P file-sharers shun music for software and games
News CacheLogic found that file-sharers prefer Microsoft file formats for sharing videos but are more agnostic towards their music. Illegal file-sharing of... [11 Aug 2005]
P2P right for businesses?
News Don't write off BitTorrent as a technology for kids to swap pirated movies - the peer-to-peer file-sharing technology could help your business move video and data files, according to analyst house Gartner. [28 Jun 2005]
US court hands out landmark file-sharing decision
News The US Supreme Court has handed movie studios and record labels a sweeping victory against file swapping, ruling that peer-to-peer companies such as Grokster could be held responsible for the copyright piracy on their... [28 Jun 2005]
Microsoft working on P2P file-sharing application
News Microsoft is working on its own file-sharing application, codenamed Avalanche. Unveiled at Microsoft's open day by its UK researchers in Cambridge, the project is the company's own take on peer-to-peer... [17 Jun 2005]
Falling CD sales can't be blamed on P2P swappers
News Declining CD sales cannot be blamed on the rise of internet file-sharing networks, according to a new report into the state of the global online digital music industry. It is very difficult to establish... [14 Jun 2005]
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