COMMUNICATIONS, MEDIA, COMPUTERS – RELATED PUBLICATIONS
PEER-TO-PEER FILE SHARING (MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY,
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY) - An informational hearing held by the Senate Select
Committee on Entertainment Industry about peer-to-peer file sharing. It is
systems whereby people transfer files, usually entertainment-related files,
across what some would describe as a network, what some would describe as kind
of an open-source community. The music industry claims it has been almost a
death sentence for them, and the movie industry have similar complaints. (stock
#1120-S; $10.78 - includes tax, s/h) (3/03)