[JDEV] File transfer and file sharing: view of end-user

dlb civintel at comcast.net
Tue Oct 22 19:30:36 CDT 2002


Richard's right to be concerned about potential liability in this area. The
EFF has prepared a whitepaper on p2p file sharing that might be useful .

http://www.eff.org/IP/P2P/20010227_p2p_copyright_white_paper.html

check out the section - "Lessons and Guidelines for P2P Developers" for
their advice on the development of filesharing systems and services.

David

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Dobson" <richard at dobson-i.net>
>
> That maybe so that impatient people will just go and create their own
> anyway, but the legal problems still remain and if the JSF creates and
> promotes a protocol designed for people setup a file sharing system it
> could bring the JSF into the firing line ....>

Richard





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