File-Sharing Services Form New Business Models
Filed in archive Content Delivery , Digital Copyright , Digital Media (Audio) , Digital Media (Video) , Ethics , Government / Law , P2P by on October 17, 2005
-sharing services received cease and desist orders
from the RIAA. eDonkey, which reportedly has 3,000,000 members on their
networks at any given time sharing movie and music files, nearly shut
down their service on the day of the rulings. Expect big changes in
file sharing networks soon,The [file-sharing] landscape in America is going to be dramatically different just 30 days from now," says Mike Weiss, CEO of StreamCast Networks Inc., which owns the Morpheus file-sharing service.Read an article about eDonkey's history, current market position, and future changes.
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The Philoneist/Misoneist Says: Regardless of ethical considerations,
not all free file-sharing networks can be shut down. Applications that
don't use centralized servers (eg, bittorrent), can only be policed.
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