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P2P Not Dead, Just Hiding

adavies42 writes "Contrary to media reports, P2P is not dying (PDF); it's just becoming harder to detect. In a paper for CAIDA, the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis, researchers present evidence that the supposed decline in P2P traffic is actually due to a decline in easy-to-track protocols as those that change port numbers on a regular basis become more popular."

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  1. Geez by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shut up already, let them think it's dying!

  2. This just in! by Mard · · Score: 5, Funny

    P2P "researchers" still unable to find suprnova.org...

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  3. In other news by RelliK · · Score: 5, Funny

    MS-DOS is not dead. It just smells funny.

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    If you think big enough, you'll never have to do it.
  4. Re:Not unlike by Tackhead · · Score: 5, Funny
    > Not unlike
    >Bin Laden

    That's no moon... that's a .torrent of Star Wars being hosted on Al-Jazeera.com!

    (Allah Ackbar, IT'S A TRAP!)

  5. It's not dead ... by aclarke · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... It's just pining for the fjords.

  6. Re:38 what-a-bytes? by burns210 · · Score: 4, Funny

    47kb of actual free publically accessible "legal" information... should be enough for anybody.

  7. Re:38 what-a-bytes? by Fjornir · · Score: 4, Funny
    Take away the porn,

    You can take away my porn when you pry it from my cold dead fingers.

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  8. Re:38 what-a-bytes? by yppiz · · Score: 4, Funny

    If that's what you're holding, I'm not going anywhere near your fingers.

    --Pat / zippy@cs.brandeis.edu

  9. Re:How to infringe & NOT get caught. An 'exper by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    The only way the content cartel can get the last word in is to simply make encryption illegal worldwide except for authorized parties.

    We're working on it.

    -- Your friends at the RIAA