Jan 27, 2006

P2P Bit Torrent Kazaa

Posted in Geek at 4:31 pm by David Bradley -- Click to comment

…you name it, the file swappers will have tried it. From the early days of usenet via chat rooms to the distributed torrent systems, file sharing is still thriving with users sharing everything from music and software to images and movies. According to a report on scenta, court action against file-sharers across the world has not reduced illegal downloading.

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industries (IFPI) claims that it is “containing” the problem. However, as more people are broadband-enabled, the problem seems only likely to get worse.

Indeed, the report says, file-sharing has remained at the same level for two years despite 20,000 legal proceedings in seventeen countries. It’s almost an unstoppable torrent one might say.

Meanwhile, if you wanted to find out what all the fuss is about, but don’t want to risk the likes of spyware-ridden Kazaa, check out this full software download site.

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