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  iiNet slams Telstra for P2P throttling trial

  iiNet has slammed Telstra for its move to undertake trials to throttle speeds when customers use peer-to-peer networks.

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  US DOJ did not entrap Megaupload, the agency says

  The U.S. Department of Justice did not mislead a court and attempt to entrap file storage site Megaupload on copyright infringement charges, the agency said in a new filing in the case.

• FTC: P-to-P software shared personal info from smartphones

  Peer-to-peer software developer Frostwire has agreed to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges that its software would likely cause users to unknowingly share sensitive personal files, including pictures, from their Android devices, the FTC said Tuesday.

• CBS sued for distributing LimeWire software

  An entrepreneur and over a dozen hip-hop artists are suing CBS over its part in contributing to piracy. The suit, filed by FilmOn founder Alki David in federal court on Wednesday, accuses CBS's CNET arm of exacerbating piracy problem by distributing LimeWire software on its website.

• Google Instant bans 'BitTorrent' word

  What do curse words, porn terms and the word BitTorrent have in common? They're all blacklisted from Google Instant.

• So you think you know Skype?

  With Skype's legal troubles now cleared up, it's a good time to learn more about the company than just what features it offers. Here 10 questions designed to give you a better understanding of the peer-to-peer VoIP vendor.

Whitepapers about peer-to-peer

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  Controlling Peer-to-Peer and Recreational Internet Traffic

  This paper will discuss strategies for controlling a broad range of recreational Internet traffic such as instant messaging, P2P file downloads and social networking activities that can significantly slow business applications and impact employee productivity. By implementing a solution to effectively detect, classify and control recreational traffic, including encrypted P2P traffic designed to slip past corporate firewalls, organisations can improve employee productivity, accelerate application response times, reclaim bandwidth for business-critical applications and defer costly bandwidth upgrades. Read this whitepaper.