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Filesharing here refers to making files available for general download over the Internet, generally over peer-to-peer (P2P) networks like Gnutella or Napster before it was reconstructed as a music store.
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File Sharing: A Debate - Arguments for and against filesharing, with a focus on trading MP3s. The Effect of P2P File-sharing Depends on Popularity - The hits at the top of the charts lose sales, but the niche artists further down the popularity curve actually benefit from file-trading, according to a Harvard paper on the economics of filesharing. [The Long Tail] Yo Ho Ho – Buccanerds Give Studios a Broadside - Profile of BitTorrent tracking site The Pirate Bay and file-sharing evangelism. [Times Online] The Pirate's Dilemma - A blog about the relationship between piracy, youth culture, pop culture and innovation. Information on the book The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Re-invented Capitalism and author and speaker Matt Mason. Who Owns Culture? - Streaming audio of a presentation by Lawrence Lessig, a discussion between him and Jeff Tweedy on digital filesharing, and question and answer session. Part of "Live From the New York Public Library". File-Sharing Getting Bad Rap? - "A controversial new study by economists at Harvard and the University of North Carolina has found that file-sharing is not the cause of declining CD sales." [Rolling Stone] Copying Isn't Cool - "File sharing isn't just a problem for the music industry. It's a threat to anyone who depends upon intellectual property for a living." By Scott Matthews. [Salon] LA Times: File 'sharing' or 'stealing'? - Jon Healey writes about the semantic debate over whether copyright infringement is theft, in response to an Op-Ed submission that called for file sharing to be decriminalized. DieTrollDie - News and views from a person who was targeted for an alleged file sharing case. Includes information on how to file a motion, settlement letter examples and a forum. Fight Copyright Trolls - Includes educational material for the people targeted by settlement demands and provides a forum to discuss the defense strategies.
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