Editing Peer-to-peer (section)

===File-sharing networks===
[[Peer-to-peer file sharing]] networks such as [[Gnutella]], [[Gnutella2|G2]], and the [[eDonkey network]] have been useful in popularizing peer-to-peer technologies. These advancements have paved the way for [[Content delivery network|Peer-to-peer content delivery networks]] and services, including distributed caching systems like Correli Caches to enhance performance.<ref>Gareth Tyson, Andreas Mauthe, Sebastian Kaune, Mu Mu and Thomas Plagemann. Corelli: A Dynamic Replication Service for Supporting Latency-Dependent Content in Community Networks. In Proc. 16th ACM/SPIE Multimedia Computing and Networking Conference (MMCN), San Jose, CA (2009).{{cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.dcs.kcl.ac.uk/staff/tysong/files/MMCN09.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429181811/http://www.dcs.kcl.ac.uk/staff/tysong/files/MMCN09.pdf |archive-date=2011-04-29 |access-date=2011-03-12}}</ref> Furthermore, peer-to-peer networks have made possible the software publication and distribution, enabling efficient sharing of [[Linux distribution]] and various games through [[file sharing]] networks.

====Copyright infringements====
Peer-to-peer networking involves data transfer from one user to another without using an intermediate server. Companies developing P2P applications have been involved in numerous legal cases, primarily in the United States, over conflicts with [[copyright]] law.<ref name="Springer">{{cite book |last=Glorioso |first=Andrea |chapter=The Social Impact of P2P Systems |editor=Shen |title=Handbook of Peer-to-Peer Networking|publisher=Springer |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-387-09750-3 |page=48 |display-authors=etal|display-editors=etal}}</ref> Two major cases are ''[[Grokster]] vs RIAA'' and ''[[MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.]]''.<ref name="news.cnet.com">{{cite web |author=John Borland |title=Judge: File-Swapping Tools are Legal |url=http://news.cnet.com/Judge-File-swapping-tools-are-legal/2100-1027_3-998363.html/ |date=April 25, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310165410/http://news.cnet.com/Judge-File-swapping-tools-are-legal/2100-1027_3-998363.html |archive-date=2012-03-10 |website=news.cnet.com |url-status=dead}}</ref> In the last case, the Court unanimously held that defendant peer-to-peer file sharing companies Grokster and Streamcast could be sued for inducing copyright infringement.