This article from Slycks makes comment on the decrease in attention given to P2P news.
http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1301There was a time when just about every news magazine covered some aspect of file-sharing.
Today the tables have turned. P2P is no longer the stunning new anti-establishment agenda barreling its way throughout the Internet.
Associated with this demise in P2P attention is the efforts of the entertainment industry to contain the growth of file-sharing. Once a near monthly campaign to hyperbolize their lawsuit efforts, the entertainment industry switched tactics to a more localized and personal attempt. The results of this switch have been similar to the decline in file-sharing attention, as both are increasingly relegated to back page information.
The decline in P2P media attention is largely attributable to the type of media that file-sharing is generating. Back when P2P was exciting, avid fans of this Internet medium would chase down the latest headlines on what file-sharing community was growing the fastest, which network had the most files, when the next version of their favorite software would be released, and what new, innovative features would surface.
The last P2P network and or client that truly captivated the file-sharing audience was WinMX. Beyond its substantial ability to share information, WinMX was one of the few networks that recaptured the communal nature of Napster. Those who have been part of the file-sharing community since the beginning will remember the extensive chat rooms organized by genre, where users shared thousands of files. Members of this now long defunct community could browse extensive catalogs, which revolutionized the ability to find new music.
WinMX rejuvenated this concept. However its slow death, which culminated in September of 2005, finally killed this vestige of Napster. Attempts have tried to necessitate WinMX; however the effort is historic equivalent of the doomed Byzantine campaign to recapture the Western Roman Empire
As you may have guesed I dont think we are losing any battles for sharers but for publicity perhaps, we need more media attention focused on the network and more efforts made to ensure the spread of our anti Cartel message, this network is not reliant on something the RIAA can sue, after all P2P is thoroughly legal and no one here encourages illegal acts whatever is claimed by much of the cartel employed media, the article Tom has written merely highlights tha fact that folks are now not so impressed by P2P events as they have been in previous years, although P2P itself is flourishing.
