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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
Actually, I'm not very up on it at all, Willow. What exactly do you mean by p2p software? Software that lets one CPU view another. Sorry .... I really am not trolling, but am uninformed.
Now, if you are telling me that Morpheus exists for some reason other than letting people swap copyrighted or licensed material or hacks for such material, I must say I am dubious. Which is why they're coming under fire from the lawyers.
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Actually there are a LOT of legitimate uses.
1)You can download episodes of TV programs you missed - others might record it on video but what if you don't have a video recorder?
2)You can get patches and program upgrades (which are free) much more quickly as stated - dodge fileplanet queues etc.
3)Modding communities can use it to distribute material that they produced for games. Remember the IE games as well as games like Unreal Tournament and Half Life have had HUGE modding communities distributing free add-ons.
4)Distributing the Linux OS and programs for it which are all free under the GNU public license.
5)Distributing home videos and self-recorded material to others.
Should I go on?
Now the above reasons are why I sometimes use P2P. If I want music I buy the CD version which is a full album and much higher quality than MP3.
[ 05-07-2003, 11:51 AM: Message edited by: Vaskez ]