Despite legal victories by record labels and trade associations, the growth of peer-to-peer networks continues unabated. BitTorrent and versions of eDonkey remain destinations where people can trade files and get music and video content for free.
Distributed Computing Industry Associations (DCIA), an industry group trying to change the perception of P2P networks, rallied attendees this week at the Digital Music Forum West.
DCIA has a charter to help tech companies find the business model to legitimatize and commercialize P2P networks, said Marty Lafferty, DCIA CEO during a panel discussion on P2P. P2P gives musicians a marketing tool and strong promotional platform. Executives said artists can put a hot track on the Internet and push millions of downloads in one week.
The numbers of users and daily downloads on P2P sites are staggering. For example, “The Open Door” album by Evanescence was downloaded on BitTorrent 25,000 times in one day.
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