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they can trace you down. so stop it b4 its too late
2006-10-18 07:19:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
p2p is not illegal but some of the software passed over p2p networks are.
A peer-to-peer (or P2P) computer network is a network that relies primarily on the computing power and bandwidth of the participants in the network rather than concentrating it in a relatively low number of servers. P2P networks are typically used for connecting nodes via largely ad hoc connections. Such networks are useful for many purposes. Sharing content files (see file sharing) containing audio, video, data or anything in digital format is very common, and realtime data, such as telephony traffic, is also passed using P2P technology.
A pure peer-to-peer network does not have the notion of clients or servers, but only equal peer nodes that simultaneously function as both "clients" and "servers" to the other nodes on the network. This model of network arrangement differs from the client-server model where communication is usually to and from a central server. A typical example for a non peer-to-peer file transfer is an FTP server where the client and server programs are quite distinct, and the clients initiate the download/uploads and the servers react to and satisfy these requests.
Some Hospitals use p2p to transmit high def photos around to relevent depts... So therefore p2p is not illegal I concure
2006-10-18 07:32:35 · answer #1 · answered by imspiritus 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
P2P is NOT illegal. Hundreds of businesses use it on a daily basis. P2P is nothing more than networking. If you have a network in your home where you can share files or a printer between computer, that is P2P. And it is legal. If you work at a business which has a network, that is P2P. It is 100% legal.
The USE to which people put P2P by sharing copyrighted material is illegal, and can result in fines or prison terms.
I know, it is being technical, but... P2P is not illegal. However it can be used to do illegal things.
2006-10-18 14:33:02 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No kidding. People have known this was illegal for years. Do you really think anyone will stop now? There's so many other ways to get software, music, games, etc. illegally on the internet besides p2p programs anyway. I'll stop using p2p when people start putting out quality music that I'll want to spend money on and photoshop stops costing an arm and a leg.
2006-10-18 14:25:00 · answer #3 · answered by trafficjams 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
P2P itself is not illegal. It only becomes illegal if you share copyrighted material, ie. music/films etc. I am aware that this is what everyone does anyway, but if I was to write a text file now and someone was to download it from a P2P program, there is nothing illegal about that.
2006-10-18 14:29:57 · answer #4 · answered by hardcoredjbenzy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're conclusion is flawed. I assume that you are refering to P2P sharing of copyrighted material, movies, music, and such. Of course, that is illegal. But P2P sharing is not in and of itself illegal. If I make a music video in my garage and want to get it out there, P2P is the easiest, fastest, most widespread, and cheapest way to do it.
And they can -NOT- track you. In America, at least. There are only two ways for them to connect your sharing activity to you personally. 1)put a trojan file on the network that will report back to them with identifiable information, which is illegal and hence inadmissable in court, or 2)Bully you Internet Service Provider into giving up your account information, which they are not allowed to give without a warrant, so if they do you can sue the ISP for far more than your fine will be.
On top of all that, there are -so- many ways to get out of charges. Foremost, if you download but don't share the content yourself, you can always legally claim that you had a good-faith basis that the distributer had rights to share the data.
So, share away! Eventually the system will catch up to technology, but it hasn't happened yet!
2006-10-18 14:28:18 · answer #5 · answered by juicy_wishun 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
And not only that, people are inviting strangers to send unknown files to their computers without knowing whether there's a virus or trojan attached to the file. Crazy, when you think how much people love their computer, to allow someone they don't know into their world of privacy.
2006-10-18 14:22:34 · answer #6 · answered by Carella 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
of course it's illegal and i didn't have to reasearch it to know that.
2006-10-18 14:45:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you had to research it to figure it out???? wow
2006-10-18 14:27:45 · answer #8 · answered by Slut4Points 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋