Many developers might be moving toward providing content legally for a fee.
on the heels of Sharman Networks’ $115 million settlement with major movie studios last month, the peer-to-peer community is in a tizzy, with its future uncertain.
Sharman Networks owns and distributes Kazaa Media Desktop, once among the most popular peer-to-peer applications on the planet. A peer-to-peer system allows individual users to directly transfer bits of or entire files to another user.
The future is unclear for peer-to-peer, especially for those who get free music and movies, as the main developers of peer-to-peer software are trending toward providing media legally and for a price.
Phil Armstrong, a spokesman for Sharman Networks, said the company decided to settle as it is eager to move forward with the “next generation” of peer-to-peer software.
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Isn’t KaZaa numbers already at zero?
Soon the number of Kazaa users will drop to zero. Not even n00bs will touch it after this.
when is the last time any of you used Kazaa?????
Its simple you won’t have large companies behind p2p software.
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