Peer to Peer’s New Poster Boy
Published by Chronicle of Higher Education November 3rd, 2005 in Wired CampusLittle over a year ago, iMesh was one of the recording industry’s sworn enemies. But now industry officials are talking up the company whenever they get the chance.
That’s because iMesh, once an unregulated peer-to-peer file-swapping program, has gone legit. Users of the revamped service can scan a whole network’s worth of songs, as they did with Grokster or KaZaA, but they can download the tunes only if they are willing to pay.
Record companies, which have made iMesh a poster boy for legal song sharing, may be heartened by the company’s early returns: Over 150,000 people have downloaded the software since it was unveiled last week. But analysts say iMesh might still have a tough time competing with the likes of Napster and iTunes. (Wired News)
Peer to Peer’s New Poster Boy
Published by Chronicle of Higher Education November 3rd, 2005 in UncategorizedLittle over a year ago, iMesh was one of the recording industry’s sworn enemies. But now industry officials are talking up the company whenever they get the chance.
That’s because iMesh, once an unregulated peer-to-peer file-swapping program, has gone legit. Users of the revamped service can scan a whole network’s worth of songs, as they did with Grokster or KaZaA, but they can download the tunes only if they are willing to pay.
Record companies, which have made iMesh a poster boy for legal song sharing, may be heartened by the company’s early returns: Over 150,000 people have downloaded the software since it was unveiled last week. But analysts say iMesh might still have a tough time competing with the likes of Napster and iTunes. (Wired News)
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