July 30, 2009, 09:48 PM - Computerworld - A proposal to introduce a bill seeking to formally ban the use of peer-to-peer file sharing applications on government and contractor networks is evoking a mixed response.

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His wife and five local pastors spoke Thursday in support of the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department chaplain accused of possessing child pornography.

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A senior U.S. lawmaker said on July 29 that it might be time for the government to regulate companies that provide online file-sharing services after several high-profile security breaches, Reuters reports.

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Five Central New Yorkers were accused this week of obtaining child pornography through Internet file-sharing. The arrests were part of an undercover operation by state police and federal investigators using peer-to-peer file-sharing programs Limewire or Shareaza, according to court documents.

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Opening arguments Tuesday in Joel Tenenbaum’s file-sharing trial covered both the you-don’t-know-he-did and the so-what-if-he-did angles the defense advanced in pre-trial discussions, with various witnesses testifying that they hadn’t used the “sublimeguy14@KaZaA” account on Mr.

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Sensitive files including Secret Service safehouse locations, military rosters, and IRS tax returns can still be found on file-sharing networks, according to a report issued to a U.S. House of Representatives committee on Wednesday.

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BitTorrent has shaken up the CRTC network management hearing with a late submission that seeks to set the record straight on BitTorrent and its impact on ISP networks.

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The following article is reprinted from the Today@PC World blog at PCWorld.com . The Recording Industry Association of America may have decided not to pursue further file-sharing trials as a policy, but one last case is set to get underway today and promises to bring a dash of the theatrical into the courtroom.

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There will be no fair use defense for Joel Tenenbaum at trial this week. Everything about the Tenenbaum case has been highly unusual, and Judge Nancy Gernter’s final pretrial order was no exception.

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As banks keep credit tight, alternative lending systems are poised to grow. Peer-to-peer lending through Prosper, Loanio, Lending Club and other Web sites should easily top $5 billion a year by 2010, up from $282 million in 2006, according to a study by Celent, a research and advisory firm.

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A Fort Wayne man faces a federal charge accusing him of taking pornographic photos of a 10-year-old girl.

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LIKE many teenagers, Josh Wilson, the 13-year-old son of the New York venture capitalist Fred Wilson, has on occasion visited the Internet’s peer-to-peer file-sharing services to download music and television shows.

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P2P:- Two ploys used ad nauseum by the vested-interest entertainment cartels in their continuing efforts to dominate the internet and turn it into an exclusive corporate pipeline are P2P file sharing is responsible for “massive devastation” to the multi-billion-dollar movie and recording industries P2P file sharing funds the international narcotics …

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Free-speech via the social networks and P2P would appear to be assisting in lowering the crime rate.

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Advertising:- “Move over Microsoft,” says beta news . “Apple can claim big, big market share numbers, too.” Sure.

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