Excerpt from a Washington Post interview with Marc Andreeson:
Cynthia L. Webb: You mentioned Napster and Kazaa in a list of some of the information distribution channels that have been hot on the Net. What do you think is the biggest challenge to P2P services? Despite a slew of lawsuits by the RIAA, people are still finding ways to trade songs, files, etc. on the Net.
Marc Andreessen: P2P is a great example of how the Internet is just going to keep changing and evolving to stay ahead of everyone’s expectations. The Internet is an expression of the creativity of a billion people worldwide, and if they want to trade files or do anything else (like make free phone calls!), they’re certainly going to be able to do that. People always talk about how the Internet “routes around” network outages or power outages — well, it also “routes around” government regulation, corporate control, and other attempts to shut down or control how people use it. It will stay exciting for a long time 
. In fact, right now, there are a whole new generation of P2P technologies that are getting traction, with names like eDonkey!
