Today’s NY Times Circuits section includes two articles on file sharing.
Is It Wrong to Share Your Music? (Discuss)
“People don’t know what they’re getting into when they buy a computer,” said Korbi in a conversation after Ms. Kriger’s class. “I think Dell should send out a contract for parents to sign, saying you agree not to use it for illegal purposes. I don’t know how else they’re supposed to get people to stop.”
His Beyonce, Her Beatles: A Primer on Trading
A file-sharing system basically works like this: you download and install a file-sharing program like KaZaA, which allows you to search the Internet for specific material that somebody else’s computer may have. When you find it, you can get a copy of the file. In exchange, you make a folder of your own files to be shared with other users. Because all of this trading is done directly between individuals, it is commonly referred to as peer-to-peer, or P2P, networking.
