http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/14/verizon-embraces-legal-p2p-sharing-saves-money/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:14:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/14/verizon-embraces-legal-p2p-sharing-saves-money/#comment-617247 David Mackey Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:47:04 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/14/verizon-embraces-legal-p2p-sharing-saves-money/#comment-617247 Great find Doug! Posted it over at Informed Networker. Anyways, I agree that illegal P2P probably makes up the majority of traffic now, but I would expect this to decrease as providers catch up with new technologies. The TV companies are already at the leading edge, film companies are lagging behind a bit (though Netflix, Vongo, Movielink are all steps in the right direction), and music is doing decent (SpiralFrog is an interesting new concept). As these legal methods boil to the surface individuals will abandon the illegal b/c of the increased risks compared to acquiring the content legitimately. Great find Doug! Posted it over at Informed Networker. Anyways, I agree that illegal P2P probably makes up the majority of traffic now, but I would expect this to decrease as providers catch up with new technologies. The TV companies are already at the leading edge, film companies are lagging behind a bit (though Netflix, Vongo, Movielink are all steps in the right direction), and music is doing decent (SpiralFrog is an interesting new concept). As these legal methods boil to the surface individuals will abandon the illegal b/c of the increased risks compared to acquiring the content legitimately.

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