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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