Recent months have shown some interesting developments in the P2P world. We’ve seen the RIAA launch its campaign against the American people, with largely ineffectual results. In response to the buildup and follow-through with this campaign we’ve also seen the creation of P2P United.
P2P United is a trade organization that represents some of the major players in the P2P world. They include: BearShare (FreePeers, Inc.), Limewire (LimeWire, LLC), Grokster (Grokster, LTD), eDonkey2000 (MetaMachine, Inc.), Blubster (Manolito P2P) and Morpheus (Streamcast Networks, Inc.).
Q: Is KaZaa a member of P2P United?
A: No. Neither KaZaa, nor any corporation with an interest in it, is a member of P2P United.
Curiously, no explanation of their absence is given. In response, we spoke with Phil Morle, CTO of Sharman Networks, who gave sent us this release on the issue:
“DCIA (Distributed Computing Industry Association) evolved from the DCSC (Distributed Computing Standards Coalition) which formed in early 2002.
As market leader, Sharman Networks recognized the need for an organization to bring together platform, operations, and content companies to constructively develop this new industry and became involved in DCSC from its inaugural meeting in 2002. The organization evolved to become DCIA, which was formally established mid 2003. Sharman provided seed funding to DCIA to continue in the execution of this mission, prior to the creation of P2PU.
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