File-Sharing and Business Models

Topics:
Music
Tags:
File-sharing,
Internet,
Peer To Peer (P2P)
Source:
Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues

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Overview: File-sharing can entail at least four topologies. In the first generation, Napster, Scour, Aimster/Madster, Audiogalaxy, and iMesh routed file requests through central directories that located and accessed donors with hard drive tracks that could be copied. In a second generation, KaZaa and Grokster now use a network configuration that routes file requests through directories that are installed regionally on user computers. In a third layer of file-sharing services, smaller providers use open source Gnutella programs to locate material without routing requests through any directory whatever. In a prospective fourth generation, Freenet will migrate encoded content across the web with perfect anonymity.

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Format: PDF | Size: 215KB | Date: Jun 2003 | Pages: 26

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