P2P developers move slowly in a stormy sea of legal and privacy issues, especially the US Supreme Court?s decision in the case of MGM v. Grokster. The Court could make its decision sometime in June, but some observers expect the Court to hold it for reargument on difficult liability questions.
Index Terms:
computer networks, Internet, peer-to-peer networks, legal aspects of computing
Citation:
Greg Goth, "A (P2) Perfect Storm?," IEEE Distributed Systems Online, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 3, May 2005, doi:10.1109/MDSO.2005.24