Peer to Peer Snooping?

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Date: January 22, 2006 3:28:17 PM EST
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Peer to Peer Snooping?
Reply-To: dewayne () warpspeed com

[Note:  This item comes from reader Scott Berry.  The first link  
points to the Nareos press release and the second to their 'PeerMind'  
webpage.  Worth checking out, but I note that the don't currently  
include the BitTorrent stats which would add to its value.  DLH]

> From: Scott Berry <sjb () optonline net>
> Date: January 11, 2006 8:21:33 AM PST
> To: dewayne-net () warpspeed com
> Subject: Peer to Peer Snooping?
>
> Or is it just market research?
>
> Scott J. Berry
> Nareos, a developer of peer-to-peer distribution technologies,  
> announced on Tuesday the launch of PeerMind, a new peer-to-peer  
> monitoring and data mining service for entertainment industry  
> clients. The service, which the company says does not collect IP  
> addresses of file-swappers, monitors P2P networks including eDonkey  
> and Gnutella, and plans to add FastTrack (Kazaa) and BitTorrent  
> soon. In addition to detailed reports and custom research, Beverly  
> Hills, Calif.-based Nareos will also publish free weekly charts of  
> the most-downloaded songs, movies, software, video games and  
> ringtones on file-sharing services.
> <http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/2874>
> <http://www.peermind.com>

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