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Originally posted by Unregistered
What aside from the obvious technical aspect of the gnutella network prevents the RIAA from shutting down companies like lime and bare share etc... |
Because they are doing nothing which is in contravention of law. They are simply participants in a network which facilitates the abilities of private individuals to share and exchange data.
p2p is far larger than is understood by most of the 'popular' client users.
I would suggest you do a google search for only - p2p - The results may surprise you as you will find far more information regarding commercial applications of p2p than any references to the 'popular file sharing clients'.
The system is fascinating, but it is little understood by the majority of today's users.