interest in file sharing at all time high article link article link

Interest in File Sharing Interest in File Sharing at All Time Highat All Time High

ArticleArticle Link Link

Average Amount of Users onlineAverage Amount of Users onlinesince January 2003since January 2003

ResultsResults

eDonkey and Gnutella gain userseDonkey and Gnutella gain users

At least 9 million users onlineAt least 9 million users online

BitTorrent, WinMX, SoulSeek, the Ares/Warez BitTorrent, WinMX, SoulSeek, the Ares/Warez P2P network, the Manolito P2P network, P2P network, the Manolito P2P network, Shareaza, FileTopia and OpenFT not in the Shareaza, FileTopia and OpenFT not in the statisticstatistic

Amount of users almost doubled in the last two Amount of users almost doubled in the last two yearsyears

Maybe over 10 million users or more onlineMaybe over 10 million users or more online

RIAA sues 10.000RIAA sues 10.000

Recording Industry Association of America Recording Industry Association of America sues P2P-users since sues P2P-users since September 2003September 2003

725 new claims this year725 new claims this year

Most cases settled out of courtMost cases settled out of court

3000$ - 5000$ compensation fees3000$ - 5000$ compensation fees

Consequences?Consequences?

RIAA‘s efforts without results …yetRIAA‘s efforts without results …yet

Interest in filesharing will continue to growInterest in filesharing will continue to grow

Cooperation between music industry and Cooperation between music industry and filesharing portals possiblefilesharing portals possible

Most users still don‘t consider Most users still don‘t consider downloading a crimedownloading a crime

LinksLinks

http://futurezone.orf.athttp://futurezone.orf.at

http://slyck.comhttp://slyck.com

http://www.riaa.comhttp://www.riaa.com

http://www.sony.comhttp://www.sony.com