A case study of what has already been inferred from various statistical studies...P2P has a marketing effect, just like radio.

P2P hits eCommerce.

With the Big Five merging to Big Three, this may be even more common soon.

Sony once exercised a little restraint.

More avant-garde approaches in P2P software hit mainstream.

The darker side of P2P. Unfortunately, this will be harder to enforce with most P2P networks making moves to obscure user identities. When regulations are sane, then legitimate activities need not go underground. Once they do, they enable other, less-legitimate persuits to be carried out more easily.

--Ari