In praise of P2P.
The article examines peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing networks, a global information-storage system. The technology, used by millions to download songs, is reviled by the entertainment industry. In America and Europe, music and film companies are lobbying for new laws to outlaw P2P technology. Yet ra...
| Publicado en: | Economist Vol. 373; no. 8404; pp. 35 - 37 |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
12/4/2004
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