Abstract :
Content owners have successfully held P2P software providers liable for their users´ infringements in every major case they´ve brought, but those successes failed to reduce the range or availability of P2P file sharing software. By contrasting the law´s physical world assumption with the realities of software development, this article explains why.
Keywords :
law; peer-to-peer computing; software engineering; P2P file sharing software; P2P software providers; P2P wars; content owners; law physical world assumption; software development; user infringements; Computer security; Content distribution networks; Internet; Legal aspects; Peer to peer computing; Software development; Aimster; Grokster; Napster; P2P; anti-regulatory code; copyright; file sharing; infringement; peer-to-peer; secondary liability; software;
