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At 07:03 PM 8/30/2004, Sean Donlan postualted: Is the problem P2P? Or is the problem copyright infringement?
Thank you, Sean.
What does Peer-to-Peer mean, anyway. Unfortunately, lots of things.
One could argue (I've seen a few replies re this subject hinting around this definition) that the entire Internet works because of the Peer-to-Peer concept. After all, if I am on a 100MBs Ethernet and want to communicate directly with another NIC on MY ethernet, then we must be Peer at Layer 1.
Is the Peer-to-Peer ethernet network a danger?
I would tell her that the benefits of Peer-to-Peer is that this concept allows us to communicate on networks using computers ... Including allowing Senator Feinstein to receive E-Mail replies to her question (after all, isn't SMTP (or X.400 for that matter) Peer-to-Peer at Layer 7?).
Until Senator Feinstein asks a meaningful question, the result will be GIGO.
Ted Fischer
