P2P software companies have been told to clean up their act and do more to protect their users from the seedier side of the file-sharing scene – or risk facing legal action.
The call comes from US attorneys general from 45 states, the District of Columbia and the US Virgin Islands in an open letter to the P2P software industry and asks P2Pers to “take concrete and meaningful steps to address the serious risks posed to the consumers of our states by [their] peer-to-peer file-sharing technology”.
“The illegal uses of P2P technology are having an adverse impact on our states’ consumers, economies and general welfare,” the letter adds.
The huddle of lawyers essentially wants P2Pers to block porn, unauthorised MP3 files, viruses, spyware and the like. At the very least, they say, P2P companies should do more to warn users of the dangers of mis-using their software – including the risk of prosecution from the states the legal eagles represent.
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