Pew Reports on the State of P2P, Music Online 10 Years After Napster

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Pew Reports on the State of P2P, Music Online 10 Years After Napster

By CircleID Reporter
June 15, 2009, 6:42 pm PDT Views: 15,622 Comments: 1

A recent report released by Pew Internet & American Life Project reviews the state of music online 10 years after Napster was launched. In the study, Pew Internet also reports that 15% of online adults admitted to downloading or sharing files using peer-to-peer or BitTorrent. From the report:

“Globally, estimates from file-sharing research firm Big Champagne place the P2P universe at more than 200 million computers with at least one peer-to-peer application installed, and operators of the popular Pirate Bay torrent tracker have identified more than 25 million ‘peers’ who have used their site alone to exchange files.”

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Pirate Bay is "identifying" their users? Brett Glass – Jun 15, 2009 6:58 PM

Hmmm. They’ve claimed that they favor anonymity. I guess there is no honor among thieves.

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