Slycks 2005 : P2P Year In Profile

[GhostShip]

A very good look at the situation as a whole, across the last 12 months.

http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1043

File-sharing in 2005 distinguished itself from previous years as it saw less influence from commercial developers and greater engagement from its community. Precipitated by the entertainment industry’s pursuit and subjugation of corporate P2P entities such as BitTorrent, MetaMachine, FrontCode, Limewire and FreePeers, grass root efforts picked up where commercialism failed. It brought about the resurrection of WinMX, the continuation of LimeWire and the furtherance of BitTorrent.

The article has each months major p2p events laid out for easy reading and although a little light on details, gives a rather satisfying rebuff to the Cartels propaganda machine.  

[KM]

January 2005 began with 8.4 million individuals connected to various P2P networks at any given time. Despite 8,559 “John Doe” lawsuits, MGM’s victory over Grokster, the fall of i2Hub, the demise of commercial P2P, and the union of Bram Cohen and the MPAA, the P2P population managed to expand by 1.1 million individuals in 2005. The great variable – BitTorrent - is not so easily calculable, leaving many to speculate how enormous the file-sharing community truly is, and how much it will grow in 2006.

i think that about sums up p2p in 2005... lol