Really Peer to Peer

The frighteningly insightful Clay Shirky predicts that recording industry lawsuits will force a sea change in file sharing, moving the practice from large anonymous communities to smaller social circles based on trust and reputation.

Comments

[JSM]

Without a doubt, the RIAA is pushing file swapping underground. Not only will they not be able to control, but they also won't be able to profit from it. This is not entirely a new concept to discuss, reasonable people expect this as a result of the prohibition against file swapping of music. There that word is again, prohibition.

[Windminstrel]

Another great reason to use Freenet -- http://www.freenetproject.org.