- Wed Nov 1 2000 Listen.com agrees to acquire file-swapping site Scour
The online music site reaches an agreement to buy the assets of file-swapping company Scour, which filed for bankruptcy protection last month.
- Mon Jan 22 2001 DOJ concerns shutter file-swapping service
A popular Web site closes a file-swapping service created for sharing personal files such as family photos but which instead became a haven for software pirates.
- Mon Jun 27 2005 File-swap fallout in Supreme Court ruling
special coverage Justices rule that P2P companies such as Grokster can be held liable for copyright piracy.
- Sat Oct 26 2002 Music file swapping: Helping artists' sales?
Are record companies shooting themselves in the foot by fighting file swapping? Wharton marketing professor Peter Fader says that advance publicity is key to a record album's success.
- Thu Nov 16 2000 Scour scraps file-swapping service
The company shuts down its file-swapping service, saying the move will help resolve a copyright infringement lawsuit and facilitate the sale of its assets in a bankruptcy proceeding.
- Tue Nov 14 2000 Scour to end file-swapping service
The online file-sharing company says it will shut down its exchange service within two days in an effort to resolve pending litigation and expedite the sale of its assets in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
- Wed Jan 26 2005 MPAA files new film-swapping suits
Hollywood files a second round of lawsuits against online video traders and gives parents P2P-sniffing software.
- Fri Jan 21 2005 Exeem opens new file-swapping doors
BitTorrent gains new face as developers turn it into part Kazaa, part TiVo--and a grassroots media platform.
- Thu Mar 14 2002 Schools declare file-swapping truce
As network management tools let universities set bandwidth limits and file-swapping "hours," many schools stop blocking online peer-to-peer exchanges.
- Thu Apr 29 2004 File-swapping gets supercharged on student network
Students set up a new peer-to-peer hub on Internet2, a university network that offers researchers and students a way to communicate at blazing speeds.




