DocumentCode
1501231
Title
The P2P Wars: How Code Beat Law
Author
Giblin, Rebecca
Author_Institution
Monash University
Volume
16
Issue
3
fYear
2012
Firstpage
92
Lastpage
94
Abstract
Content owners have successfully held P2P software providers liable for their users´ infringements in every major case they´ve brought, but those successes failed to reduce the range or availability of P2P file sharing software. By contrasting the law´s physical world assumption with the realities of software development, this article explains why.
Keywords
law; peer-to-peer computing; software engineering; P2P file sharing software; P2P software providers; P2P wars; content owners; law physical world assumption; software development; user infringements; Computer security; Content distribution networks; Internet; Legal aspects; Peer to peer computing; Software development; Aimster; Grokster; Napster; P2P; anti-regulatory code; copyright; file sharing; infringement; peer-to-peer; secondary liability; software;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Internet Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1089-7801
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MIC.2012.57
Filename
6188584
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