> >> The problem is that there are legitimate uses, and it tends to be "free" >> (as in speech) content that has no revenue to pay for bandwidth >> commercially and therefore benefits most from P2P. If I want to create >> an operating system and distribute it, P2P is a damn good way to do it. > > indeed, however the predominant use is piracy so like with handguns and > knives the legitimate use becomes collateral damage in the legislative > "war on piracy". > > The case for legitimate use of P2P was somewhat undermined when the > likes of the BBC decided it was cheaper to pay for bandwidth as the > price of the latter had fallen. >
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