Peer-to-peer

P2P redirects here. For the telecommunications term PTP, see Point-to-Point.P2P can also stand for Pay-to-play in gaming.

External links

General

• Direct Connect Center Polish Support for Direct Connect
• aimini P2P software An all-in-one P2P sharing networks and software
• P2P Resources P2P sharing resources network
• P2P Core File Sharing (P2P) News, BitTorrent/Edonkey Site Listings, Programs, etc.
• peerSynth P2P network music synthesizer. Musicians are connected over a small p2p network and can jam in real-time.
• BetBug BetBug was the first P2P network to enable secure financial transactions across an untrusted, anonymous P2P network
• myBittorrent myBittorrent is the biggest BitTorrent site offering everything you need for the Torrent P2P network
• TorrentJabberwalker: Find results from all the best torrent sites and trackers in one page
• IBM Developer Works: The practice of peer-to-peer computing
• OpenP2P
• bSoftware Peer to peer
• Wired News: Still Plenty of Music Out There - An overview of mostly peer-to-peer software, published Feb. 13, 2001.
• P2P Info Centre p2p news, apps, Linux P2P, beginners' guide, p2p statistics and much more
• Slyck- A site giving greatly detailed information and advice on the different P2P networks and software
• Zeropaid.com - WARNING: Really just a data gathering front for a DRM company.
• Respect P2P Online magazine.
• Using Linux firewalls to filter Peer-to-peer traffic
• LionShare - Academic peer-to-peer
• Cluster Resources - Software enabling peer-to-peer capabilities for Grids and Clusters
• SecurityFocus article link Identifying P2P users using traffic analysis
• P2P Photo Sharing

Canada's approach to P2P and copyright

• C|net Article entititled "Judge: File Sharing is Legal in Canada." In Spring 2004, file sharing via p2p networks was affirmed as legal in Canada.
• Canadian Private Copying Collective Since 1998, private copying of music for personal use is entirely legal in Canada. A levy was established on blank media sales in order to compensate artists for lost revenue due to file-sharing, and the CPCC was founded to oversee the levy process. The levy was renewed in December 2004.
• Copyright Board of Canada Government copyright policy.
• Copyfight: A Tale of Two Cities Article contrasting Ottawa and Washington, D.C.'s assessment of copyright parameters and the issue of criminal sanctions.
• Digital Rights Management in Canada An advocacy website offering an introduction to digital rights management and links to licensed file sharers.
• Digital Copyright Canada A forum created to host public dialogue concerning digital copyright and related issues. Includes a news aggregate.
• Numbers Don't Crunch Against Downloading Michael Geist, a professor at the University of Ottawa, discusses the financial impact of downloading on the recording industry. This column appeared in the Toronto Star, November 29th 2004.
• p2pnet.net An op-ed urging solidarity between musicians and Canadian consumers.

Foreign resources

• http://www.ratiatum.com Main French P2P-dedicated news website

Computer science research

• Brief of Computer Science Professors MGM v. Grokster, March 2005. Covers the early history of the internet and how P2P is a core part of it.
• Chord lookup service
• PAST distributed storage utility
• CoopNet cooperative content distribution system
• More peer-to-peer research resources
• Advanced Peer-Based Technology Business Models - P2P Industry Model from M.I.T.
• P2P Networks (history, music, copyright, Napster, GNUtella, YouServe, Freenet, search engines, routing, security)
• P2P Economics
• P2P Economics
• P2P Content Distribution Resources P2P and Content Distribution Resources from HUJI
• PlanetP: A decentralized content search and retrieval infrastructure powered by randomized gossiping
• Peer-to-Peer Systems and Applications - state-of-the-art textbook giving an scientific introduction to P2P