Regardless of what you believe are alternatives to p2p services, the fact remains that p2p service can, are, and will be used to distribute files that 1) are in the public domain, 2) are not copyrighted by their authors and 3) are there with the author(s)' permission.
That means that there are substantial, non-infringing uses. Alternatives or not.
Slashdot Mirror
Regardless of what you believe are alternatives to p2p services, the fact remains that p2p service can, are, and will be used to distribute files that 1) are in the public domain, 2) are not copyrighted by their authors and 3) are there with the author(s)' permission.
That means that there are substantial, non-infringing uses. Alternatives or not.