Security vendors have been warning about the security hole created by instant messaging and peer-to-peer file sharing programs, but so far there’s no product on the market that directly addresses it.
P2P software provider Sharman Networks and associated parties have collectively denied copyright infringement accusations directed against them by recording companies.
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A newly launched peer-to-peer trade association has offered to sit down and negotiate with music industry lawyers, while it simultaneously denounced its adversaries as obsolete and "tyrannosaurical."
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Napster founder Shawn Fanning is back in business, with a new vision of label-approved file trading.
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Prevent P2P problems on your network by preparing for security threats from programs such as Napster and KaZaa.
It took a boom and a bust to do it, but peer-to-peer technology is finding its post-Napster place in the world.
IT managers who want to block staff use of instant messaging or peer-to-peer networks have a new ally in SurfControl.
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New communications software aims to tap into the P2P trend among young people, but without the usual unsavoury legal implications.
The developer of a peer-to-peer file-sharing plug-in for Apple Computer's iTunes music application has decided to give the software a new lease on life, after it was put out of commission by the computer maker's lawyers earlier this month.
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