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Unlike popular programs such as Kazaa and Morpheus, which allow users to search and download among a worldwide network of computers, Wirehog only allows the exchange of files between two acquaintances in a fashion more akin to the file-transfer feature on many instant messaging programs...
After several years of virtually unrestricted music file-sharing, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) took serious and direct measures last spring to curb the controversial downloading phenomenon. The association filed hundreds of lawsuits against online music-traders, inciting fear amongst millions of KaZaA users and causing havoc amongst the thousands of guilt-free, blissfully oblivious downloaders. Now, under increased pressure from movie studios, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has announced that it will take similar steps to stem the tide of illegal movie downloads...
Unlike popular file-sharing programs such as Kazaa and Morpheus, which allow users to search and download among a worldwide network of computers, Wirehog only facilitates downloading between two acquaintances in a fashion more akin to the file-transfer feature on instant messaging programs...
...Certainly, we don’t really want to group something like this with these mass engines of piracy like Kazaa and others,” Tilbury said. But he said no file-sharing program would necessarily be immune from litigation...
Fast-forward a generation. This time the supposedly disruptive technology facing the film industry is peer-to-peer networking. Whereas the original Napster offered free music only and was easy to shut down, its successors--Kazaa, Grokster, Morpheus et al.--trade movies too and have proved more resilient. The music labels fought all instances of unfettered file sharing until Apple CEO Steve Jobs helped broker a cease-fire in the form of the iTunes Music Store, which won praise from consumers and a route to profits for the labels. The film industry, however, is still in the trenches, trying...