<nettime> The P2P myth

[Wessel van Rensburg <Wessel@eCountries.com>]

CNET's 'special report' on P2P

The technological movement behind today's most bitter digital music
controversies is often cast as the closest thing to online socialism since
the Internet became a mainstream medium. 

Such mundane concerns as limited infrastructure may drastically curb the
potential for this futuristic peer-to-peer society, however. Those
obstacles, in turn, could further impede another factor widely deemed
crucial to the growth of any online initiative: making money. 

http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-3248711-0.html

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