The 10 worst tech blunders Aug 19, 2009
Napster fans quickly moved on to other peer-to-peer file-sharing networks such as Gnutella and Grokster, and music "pirates" became the RIAA's public enemy number one. In 2000 MP3. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Data of Soldiers, Hospital Patients Found on P2P Aug 1, 2009
Since 2007, the company, whose LimeWire software uses the Gnutella and BitTorrent P2P networks, has worked with Congress, the FTC, and with several states' attorneys general to solve the issue of accidental file sharing. While executives from Lime Group, Lime Wire's parent, defended their efforts to help, critics said that they hadn't gone far enough. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Local Man Sentenced To 17.5 Years For Child Pornography May 13, 2009
According to Assistant United States Attorney David Gappa, who prosecuted the case, the Bakersfield FBI office received information from FBI offices in New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Texas that Hollis was making many images of known and suspected child pornography available through use of Limewire, a peer-to-peer file sharing program on the gnutella network. Agents executed a search warrant at his home on August 15, 2008, and seized a computer that was downloading images of child pornography from... (KERO 23, CA)
Future of filesharing May 8, 2009
The likes of Gnutella, eDonkey2000, KaZaA, BearShare, Shareaza, WinMX and Napster quickly dominated the filesharing scene. Intellectual property piracy flourished beyond control but ran into problems just as fast due to legal suits from intellectual property owners. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Technology)
Continue reading Apr 30, 2009
Wiens said many people also use "gnutella.". Wiens said the process to catch Embry was fairly routine for the task force. (Selma Enterprise, CA)
Hospital Workers Sharing Music? They May Also Be Sharing Your Medical Records Feb 21, 2009
Health care workers using Gnutella or other peer-to-peer (P2P) networks to share music and video, may be putting you at risk for medical identity theft, Dartmouth researchers find. By Larry Greenemeier. (Scientific American)
