Archive for the 'P2P' Category

• 11.5.07 P2P & the Purchase of Music posted in Copyright/DRM, P2P

  In The Impact of Music Downloads and P2P File-Sharing on the Purchase of Music: A Study for Industry Canada researchers found “no direct evidence to suggest that the net effect of P2P file-sharing on CD purchasing is either positive or negative for Canada as a whole.” However, when it comes to the “Canadian P2P file-sharing [...]

• 11.5.07 Bell Sympatico Traffic Shaping posted in Canada, Net Neutrality, News Monitor, P2P

  Bell Sympatico is now admitting to traffic shaping during peak usage periods:
  “During peak periods of Internet usage, Internet Traffic Management is used to balance bandwidth fairly between P2P file sharing and other applications so that all customers receive fair use of the network”.
  For more see P2PNET.