Next-generation P2P networks must enable users, rather than hardware clients, to form groups efficiently.

Lessons learned about user interfaces at the Westin Grand hotel, host of the recent O'Reilly P2P and Web Services Conference.

Aimster and FullAudio launch their own subscription services, and LiquidAudio is starting to look like a sinking ship.

Washington Post, Thursday, November 8, 2001; Page E01 The Pentagon is taking a friendlier view of Napster's file-sharing concept than are America's big entertainment companies, which have repeatedly sued tech upstarts to stop people from swapping songs, movies and other copyrighted material. by Leslie Walker

Hilary Rosen delivered an enlightening talk at the O'Reilly Peer-to-peer and Web Services Conference about the evolution of the relationship between the recording industry and Peer-to-peer technologies.

A step towards the old adage, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em?"

Disney Corp's recent propaganda in their show The Proud Family is a breathtaking bit of chutzpa.

Should the Linux community surrender it's war against Microsoft in the desktop OS market and focus it's attention on becoming the dominate server operating system for enterprise computing?

Under the Uniting and Strengthening America Act (USA Act), 'collateral damage' inflicted by virus-like software used to seek out and delete infringing files on a home user's computer (non-infringing files deleted by accident) would constitute an act of terrorism.

In what could be Napster's only escape from the RIAA's lawsuit, Napster brings an antitrust claim to court, citing an anticompetitive structure behind MusicNet.