- Fri Dec 16 2005 Week in review: Swapping on the ropes
Recent court activity suggests that illegal song swapping may be facing its swan song.
- Fri Jun 3 2005 New wrinkle in movie swapping
Anonymous programmers produce "RatDVD," new software that facilitates movie swaps with all the DVD extras intact.
- Thu Jul 20 2000 Start-up to fuse file swapping with e-commerce
Lightshare is hoping to turn the massive file-swapping communities developed by technologies like Napster and Gnutella into an e-commerce engine.
- Mon Aug 8 2005 File-swap TV comes into focus
Public TV stations and independent video bloggers are boosting efforts to create peer-to-peer Internet television networks.
- Wed Feb 7 2001 Son of Scour close to file-swapping beta launch
CenterSpan Communications is looking for online beta testers to try out a new version of Scour's file-swapping service.
- Mon Feb 26 2001 Bertelsmann dabbled in file-swapping before Napster bid
A low-profile Bertelsmann subsidiary halts testing of a search engine that could have expanded the media giant's profile well beyond that of controversial partner Napster.
- Tue Aug 13 2002 File-swapping foes exert P2P pressure
As the entertainment industry shifts its anti-piracy efforts to individuals, a little-known 1997 law could spell possible prison time for those convicted.
- Mon Oct 29 2001 Europeans lower volume on song swaps
The number of people sharing files over the Net using peer-to-peer systems has almost halved since Napster stopped allowing song trades, according to a new study.
- Wed Aug 21 2002 ISPs off the hook in swapping suit
A China-based site goes dark, taking the heat off a handful of ISPs and network providers that were the subject of an RIAA lawsuit.
- Wed Jan 9 2002 Napster CEO touts new swapping service
It's been a busy week for CEO Konrad Hilbers. After six months of wait-and-see promises, he's giving a preview of what Napster will look like when it relaunches.




