Claims by Tiversa that WikiLeaks has scoured peer-to-peer networks in the past underscored the data leakage problems facing many organizations. – Allegations against WikiLeaks have spotlighted a key avenue for data leaks: peer-to-peer (P2P) networks.
According to Tiversa, which specializes in monitoring P2P networks, WikiLeaks has mined popular applications such as Kazaa and LimeWire for data in the past – despite statements from WikiLeaks …
Some of the buzz about P2P Computer systems concerns security of the network and the computer users that use the software programs to access each others computer hard drives. The ability of some unscrupulous users to upload viruses and other attacks to the network of users is always there, but many people have become very adept at spotting this form of attack in the files they download from a system.
You often read about the problem of free P2P music downloads, but do you fully understand the arguments. There is more than just illegal file copying, but questions such as what is copyright and do you know when it has lapsed. It’s perfectly legal to download material with lapsed copyright but it is too confusing now for anybody but the lawyers to understand. Does that make illegal copying legal?
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No P2P file sharing program is illegal, but it can be illegal to use free download music sites if the music or movies you download are protected by copyright.
Downloading and sharing of Peer to Peer (P2P) files is a common activity over the internet these days. Though many P2P file sharing applications are available on the net Limewire Pro is considered the best among all.
You can use file sharing software (P2P or peer to peer) legally, because it is not the software that is illegal but the way most people use it. It is still used by others to share files that are no longer protected by copyright but that are in public domain for anybody to use.
There are arguments for and against the legal use of P2P file sharing software to get free movie downloads online, and while it is true that downloading copyright-protected movies is and should be illegal, the situation is not as cut and dry as many believe it to be.
The P2P Cyber Protection and Informed User Act would prohibit peer-to-peer file-sharing programs from being installed without the informed consent of the authorized computer user. The legislation would also prohibit P2P software that would prevent the authorized user from blocking the installation of a P2P file-sharing program and/or disabling or removing any P2P file-sharing program.
– Software developers would be required to clearly inform users when their
files are made available to other peer-to-peer users under legislation
introduced Feb. 24 by Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and John Thune, R-S.D. The
legislation comes just one day after the Federal Trade Commission notified…
The Federal Trade Commission has warned approximately 100 organizations that their private customer and employee data is being shared on peer-to-peer networks. Businesses need to review and change their security policies to protect such information, the FTC says.
– quot;The Federal Trade Commission has notified almost 100
organizations that personal information, including sensitive data about customers
and/or employees, has been shared quot; from their computers
via peer-to-peer networks, the FTC said in a release Feb. 22.
quot;In the notification
let…
New to the Ares Network? The first thing you should know is that Ares is the best P2P program in today’s market. You can search for and download millions of files such as music, movies, software, videos, pictures and games from other members just like you. Anything you are looking for is available 24 hour per day, seven days per week.
Cable giant Comcast agrees to pay $16 million to make a 2007 class action lawsuit go away. The lawsuit claimed Comcast blocked or throttled peer-to-peer traffic in violation of Comcast’s user’s agreement, charges the FCC subsequently investigated. The FCC found the company in violation of its network neutrality principles.
– While not admitting to any wrongdoing, Comcast has preliminarily agreed to
pay $16 million to settle a class action lawsuit that claims the cable giant
blocked or throttled peer-to-peer traffic to its customers. The maximum payout
to members of the class action suit is set at $16.
The propos…
Legislation requires peer-to-peer vendors to provide notice to users about files that will be shared by their software and to proactively obtain a user’s consent to install the file-sharing software. The bill also prohibits P2P vendors from blocking users’ reasonable efforts to disable or remove file-sharing software.
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The third time proved the charm for Rep. Mary Mack Bono (R-CA) as the U.S. House approved the Informed P2P User Act Dec. 8, mandating
P2P (peer-to-peer) software vendors to provide a quot;clear and
conspicuous quot; notice to consumers about the files being shared by the
software and to obtain…
After an October peer-to-peer security incident that inadvertently exposed the list of ongoing investigations by the House Ethics Committee, Rep. Ed Towns introduces legislation to restrict the use of P2P software by government employees or federal contractors.
– Legislation to restrict the use of P2P (peer-to-peer) file sharing
software across the federal government was introduced Nov. 17 by Rep.
Ed Towns (D-NY), chairman of the House Oversight and
Government Reform Committee. The bill comes after a highly confidential
House Ethics Committee document …
Is it legal to share files over peer-to-peer (P2P) networks? Examine some of the legal history and controversy.
Global Gaming Factory X buys file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, promising that copyright holders will get paid
The Swedish software firm, Global Gaming Factory X, has bought the file-sharing site The Pirate Bay for almost £4.7m.
GCF CEO Hans Pandeya said that to continue, The Pirate Bay would have to develop a new business model. “We would like to introduce models which entail that content providers and copyright owners get paid.”
In April, the founders of The Pirate Bay were sentenced to one year in jail and fined £2.4m.
They confirmed the purchase on their site and said:
It’s time to invite more people into the project, in a way that is secure and safe for everybody. We need that, or the site will die. And letting TPB die is the last thing that is allowed to happen!
Referring to the proposed changes, the founders said that if the new owners “screw around with the site, nobody will keep using it”.
Global Gaming Factory also acquired Peerialism, a “next-generation file-sharing” company which started with research at the KTH Royal
Institute of Technology and SICS, Swedish Institute of Computer Science.
