Rise of Peer to Peer Filesharing

= From Napster & Kazaa through to Bit Torrent - a look at the history and impact of file-sharing software. Sydney-based IT journalist Patrick Gray explains the history and the issues.

Podcast via http://www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/stories/2008/2376707.htm

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"a special report on peer-to-peer file sharing and its impact on media. The program provided an overview of the history of peer-to-peer content sharing, starting from Napster and its legal travails, moving on to Kazaa, BitTorrent, online video distribution and the situation today, and how it is impacting the music, video and media industries." (http://rossdawsonblog.com/weblog/archives/2008/10/abc_radio_peert.html)