A number of new music file-sharing projects are in the offing here and overseas, enabling pop music fans to swap songs for a fee. This month, Sony BMG will begin offering a legal, peer-to-peer music file sharing service with UK-based Internet service provider (ISP) Playlouder. Customers can share files with others who subscribe to the network, using deep packets search technology to make sure that the files are only used within the “walled garden” of Playlouder. Other arrangements include university networks and illegal “darknets.”
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File Sharing Emerging in ‘Walled’ Environments
Posted by: Gene J. Koprowski September 3, 2005 01:30 AMA number of new music file-sharing projects are in the offing here and overseas, enabling pop music fans to swap songs for a fee. This month, Sony BMG will begin offering a legal, peer-to-peer music file sharing service with UK-based Internet service provider (ISP) Playlouder. Customers can share files with others who subscribe to the network, using deep packets search technology to make sure that the files are only used within the “walled garden” of Playlouder. Other arrangements include university networks and illegal “darknets.”