Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. P2P file-sharing does have many legitimate uses, particularly among businesses. That being ...

Why it matters: There are a lot of risks associated with peer-to-peer file sharing that justifiably concern US universities. These networks can lead to security issues, they consume a lot of bandwidth ...

It doesn't take much these days to elevate a technology to hot-button status, complete with its own lingo and a catchy buzzword. After a few swiped songs, nifty names such as Napster and MP3 pop up.

The ripples of anxiety from last month's landmark Supreme Court ruling on peer-to-peer software haven't quite made it to Jonathan Nilson's home in Tallahassee, Fla. Nilson, a programmer who has been ...

Wagner Resource Corp. recently learned the hard way what Pfizer Inc. and many other companies have similarly discovered in the past: installing peer-to-peer file-sharing software on corporate ...