Peer-to-Peer Network Security

By John Wagley

SecurityManagement.com/ News -  The Business Software Alliance (BSA) is sending a growing flurry of takedown notices to peer-to-peer (P2P) networks and online auction sites in an effort to fight piracy, according to a new BSA report. 

BSA, consisting of a host of software developers, says 41 percent of the software used on personal computers worldwide is illegitimate, resulting in about $53 billion in industry losses.

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Jammie Thomas-Rasset was found guilty of willful copyright infringement on Thursday in a Minneapolis federal court and must pay the recording industry $1.92 million. In a surprise decision, the jury imposed damages against Thomas-Rasset, who was originally accused to sharing more than 1,700 songs, at a whopping $80,000 for each of the 24 songs she was ultimately found guilty of illegally sharing..

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If you’re confused about file sharing networks, and the hazards involved, you’re not alone. Many people looking for free downloading networks online have unanswered questions about p2p sites and RIAA lawsuit risks. So here are crucial facts and important information you need to know about p2p file sharing sites - before using them!

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Posted by Khaleej Times Online - INTERNATIONAL  (AFP)

WASHINGTON DC - Canada, China, Mexico, Russia and Spain have been singled out by members of the US Congress for ‘alarming levels’ of piracy of copyrighted movies, music, video games and other entertainment.

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By Nick Farrell

Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 11:22

IT LOOKS LIKE the music industry doesn’t think it got enough out of the Pirate Bay trial and wants to have the three founders fined for every day that the site continues to operate.

According to AFP, Universal, EMI, Sony and Warner Music want their tame judge to fine Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and Peter Sunde as long as their file-sharing catalogue website continues to function.

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Written by Jack M. Germain - TechNews World

File-sharing: For some, the term conjures up notions of mutual gain, free movies and music, and an unending stream of delicious data, courtesy of a worldwide network of friends who just want to give. However, there’s a pretty steep downside as well. Aside from the possibility of getting hauled to court for copyright violations, P2P users must constantly guard against sharing files they don’t want shared.

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Hardens enforcement stance

Updated The UK film industry today backed the record industry’s long-running campaign for laws to force ISPs to cut off persistent illegal file sharers from the internet.

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By rhea

A study by information systems researchers at the University of Arkansas shows that as many as three out of four college students may be illegally copying and downloading digital material, including copyright-protected music, movies and software.

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LOS GATOS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE) — BitTorrent extended its dominance as the most popular file sharing application for unauthorized content, and while infringements in the U.S. have dropped, Spain, Italy and France have surged, according to an annual report on digital piracy issued by BayTSP today.

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Written by Tim Conneally

There’s an abundance of unauthorized files trafficking P2P networks, and that’s not news to anyone. Deciding whom to blame could become big news.

Literally millions of unauthorized documents — some of them personal, easily too many of them classified — have made their way freely through P2P networks, many of them without any malicious user whatsoever even requesting or copying them. Sometimes, literally, they just show up. If the problem isn’t P2P itself but the people using it, then shouldn’t the users of P2P services be given warnings? That’s the question being tackled by the US House of Representatives today.

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