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Harnessing the Power of P2P, Looking Back

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-to-think-about dept.

brajesh writes "It has been seven years since Napster, the first widely-used peer-to-peer music sharing service, was released, and it made a major impact on how people, used the Internet. NY Times has an article about Napster and how it quickly grew into an Internet phenomenon - not to mention the music industry's bête noire until it was shut down by the courts four years ago. The article also mentions Shawn Fanning, the creator of Napster and his new venture, along with other efforts like new version of Grokster, Apple's iTunes, trying to cope up with growing concerns of Copyright Violations and corresponding backlash against P2P file-sharing."

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  1. Summaries quality? by dorkygeek · · Score: 5, Funny
    Is it just me, or is the grammar of the summaries especially, bad on weekends?

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    1. Re:Summaries quality? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Nothing can save your lack of humour.

      Look up "irony".

    2. Re:Summaries quality? by LarsG · · Score: 3, Funny

      It, is just, you. ;-)

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  2. Captain Kirk? by XanC · · Score: 5, Funny
    and it made a major impact on how people, used the Internet.

    Is that you?

  3. Re:Napster had the most impact on the Net since WW by InterStellaArtois · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think SETI@Home would have been the biggest thing since sliced bread if they found a way to search for alien music online

    That's one for The Onion:

    Furious lawyers representing the Recording Industries Association of Neptune arrived on planet earth today to initiate litigation in response to the latest internet file-sharing phenomenon - Search for Extra-Terrestrial Music @ Home ...

    "12-years old or not", snarled Zgilrolivolgh, "this little pipsqueak is leeching off our deprived artists who can barely afford a breath of CO2 between releases".

    OK so maybe I shouldn't write it but the idea's there.