While seeming to miss out the greastest leap forward for the WinMx network in years ( fake blocking ) this provides a fair guide to last years events and its interesting how some of the other networks fared also, well worth a read
http://www.slyck.com/story1370.html2005 was an eventful year that kept the file-sharing community on its toes. 2006 was little different. Without a doubt, file-sharing has had an impact on many levels this year. Whether through government, the courts, the ballot box, the streets, homes, or even schools, file-sharing has touched just about everything in today’s digital world. If there is anything this year has proven, it's that P2P file-sharing is here to stay. Slyck highlights the many events that have shaped p2p to what it is today in the Slyck 2006 P2P Wrap-Up.