http://msnbc-cnet.com.com/2100-1023-943883.html
"Barb Wire Networks, another start-up aiming at the business, was inspired by a 2001 Xerox
PARC research paper indicating that just a small percentage of online file-swappers
provided the vast majority of the content available at any given moment.

That company is now building a large network of nodes that will tap into peer-to-peer
networks such as Kazaa or Gnutella, in theory overwhelming this small group of content with
false files, CEO Ralph Clark said. That network will be online late this year or early in 2003,
Clark said. "
Large network of nodes?
Shareaza nodes?
2003? thats about right for it to be that popular by then.
Follow the money trail.