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The certain demise of P2P file sharing?
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I was actually blown away when I read this story: EDonkey settles music industry suits for $30 million. I haven't been keeping in touch with what's been happening in the file sharing arena. According to the article, EDonkey is paying $30 million, Kazaa is paying $100 million, and record companies are seeking $476 million in damages from Lime Wire. I just didn't think this would ever happen.
How many of your kids are still downloading music via morpheus? Check out what the law says on the U.S. Copyright Office - Copyright Law of the United States website.
Now check out the Morpheus website. Here's what they say:
"*SHARE RESPONSIBLY: Using Morpheus™ or Morpheus Ultra™ for the uploading or downloading of copyrighted works without the permission or authorization of the copyright holders may be illegal and could subject you (or the ISP subscriber) to civil and/or criminal liability and penalties. For more information about U.S. copyright law, please visit http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/and http://www.copyright.gov/title17."
And further down the page:
"There are a significant number of copyright holders who have authorized the sharing of their content for non-commercial purposes, such as some content with Creative Commons format licenses, and there is also content available in the public domain and not protected by copyright. Most commercially released popular songs, films, and software are NOT currently authorized for free redistribution but require separate purchase or licensing. Morpheus does not validate or verify whether those who represent or otherwise hold out or imply that they are rights holders are in fact holders of all rights necessary to authorize the licensing, downloading, distribution, exhibition, performance, or manufacture of content."
On most college campuses, the acceptable use policy forbids illegal downloads. And for those Universities and Colleges who employ network monitoring techniques, downloaders will be shut down or not allowed to connect to the campus network. Most corporate networks don't allow P2P either.
But, what is happening in the homes across America where kids have high speed Internet access as a matter of course? I think there are tons of kids still using P2P networks to burn a quick CD for listening to in the car or on the stereo, or to download to the IPod. It is so ingrained in their culture that music is free and available on the Internet. I just can't see the demise of P2P.
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