p2p applications

In the 2005 "Grokster" decision, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that file sharing networks could be held liable for copyright infringement if they take "affirmative steps" to encourage infringement.

Grokster closed down as a result, and the recording industry pretty much assumed it had won that battle.

There is no arguing that the file-sharing landscape changed for good when the RIAA managed to shut LimeWire down October last year.

From one day to another, the most widely known file-sharing application ceased to exist.

At the time we doubted that LimeWire’s demise would have much of an impact on the volume of music piracy, but according to research from the NPD Group we were wrong.

The British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the UK’s main recording industry trade body, came out with guns blazing against Google today.

BPI says that search engines like Google are as popular as P2P applications as a source for illegal downloads.

The music industry is pressing Google and others to censor their search results in favor of ‘legal’ music services.

A few days after LimeWire shut down nearly all alternative file-sharing applications report a massive increase in downloads, most likely from LimeWire refugees.

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