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File Sharing: Bittorrent Pro
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This program works slightly different to conventional file sharing programs. It allows users to use third party websites and locations to obtain the address of files 'called torrents' which contain all the download information. You easily find these sites by searching for 'torrents' in Google.
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This article concentrates only on File Sharing for Mac OS X. When properly set up, various Apple operating systems (such as Mac OS X, Mac OS 9, and AppleShare IP) can connect with each other. Be aware that the sharing service has other names, such as AppleShare and Apple File Protocol (AFP). When you connect to any of them, their behavior is superficially the same. If you use AppleTalk, review the AppleTalk issues section below.
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Ohaha is an open-source initiative to create a new suite of protocols that enable file sharing in a decentralized but highly scalable way and make them accessible to average users. Most of Ohaha's contributors are from the Ukraine. A Win 95/98/2000 app is available for download from Ohaha.com
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Limewire is one of the many of file sharing programs that uses the Gnutella protocols. Limewire is ... one of the most professional of these programs and have a very professional and informative web site about their product. You can also purchase a wide range of Limewire merchandise at their homepage, due to the popularity of the Limewire logo which is a cool slice of lime.
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On the Grokster side are technology and consumer electronics giants like Santa Clara's Intel Corp., who say the case goes beyond file sharing. They argue that the entertainment industries, in their rush to protect their profits, could stifle the development of new technology, turn current products -- like the iPod -- into an illegal device, trample economic growth and impede free speech on the Internet.
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Often, those who are accused of copyright infringement via illegal file sharing are offered the opportunity to settle their cases before official lawsuits are filed. Students here at Maryland who have settled with the RIAA have told Project NEThics that they had to pay between $3,000 and $4,000.
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