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There is nothing illegal about peer-to-peer networks, and nothing illegal with using them to distribute files. What is illegal is to use these networks and associated software to download material which is protected by copyright.

It is not always obvious what is still copyright protected, though you can be fairly certain that anything recent, such as recent chart hits or new computer games, cannot be legally copied using P2P software. Blockbuster films will also be copyright protected, but there are many films which have been specifically made for free distribution.

There are lots of new artists who use peer-to-peer networks to get themselves known. There are many computer games which are released on P2P networks to have them tried out prior to fixing the bugs and releasing them for general sale. This is the one aspect of the use of P2P services that makes me think of the morality of such networks rather than the legality.

The reasons for observing copyright restrictions are well know. Copyright is a protection of an artist’s work from plagiarism and unauthorized copying. If everyone copied every piece of music or every film from a free online service such as peer-to peer networks, then the originators and the artists would make no money from them. This would result in the breakdown of the entertainment industry, and I can understand that line of reasoning.

So don’t get me wrong. I am not proposing that people should be allowed to break the law, and I firmly agree that copyright violation should be illegal and should be punished. My argument is against the movie and music industry and their false morality in campaigning for such high fines for copyright violation by young kids while condoning, and in some cases positively encouraging, lawbreaking, obscene and improper behaviour and illegal drug taking by so called artists who are making them money.

What sickens me is the way many pop stars complain and bleat about us breaking the law, then have another snort on their line. Once they stick to the law they may be qualified to complain about others who do not. Many forget where they came from and how they got to be famous.

Have you ever heard something online that you found interesting? Have you heard a track by an unknown artist that inspired or stimulated you to find out more about the artist? I have. I downloaded something by a young girl called Amy Winehouse about three years ago. It was quite illegal, but I liked it and it prompted me to go out and find more of her work. I found she had an album called ‘Frank’, so I bought it – bought it please note, not downloaded it!

The point I am making is that had I not heard her on a peer-to-peer network and downloaded the track, I would not have bought the album and all her work since. OK, she seems a bit of an alkie and perhaps into drugs, but she is a great singer. P2P helped her to get a fan and some sales so why should she want me arrested? Perhaps too many of these egotistical superstars forget who ultimately pays them and who helped them when they were unknowns! Lot’s of people have downloaded a track or two then bought a ticket to see the act live.

Who is doing most harm: the superstar junkie keeping the pushers in a job or the school kid downloading a track from his favourite band that he can’t find in his local music store? Even if he can find it, he probably can’t afford it due the obscene prices being charged in order that the artists can afford their drugs or drinks or whatever.

This is where morality becomes an issue with me. Would the large recording companies not be better cleaning up their own act, and those of the superstars they employ, than targeting kids who are copying tracks from peer-to-peer networks? How can they bleat on about copyright infringements while they pay filthy *** and drug-ridden junkies and gun-totin’ grunters to produce the rubbish that is called music nowadays?

Once they stop breaking the law themselves, and inciting others to do so in order to increase sales, I might listen to their whining and misplaced righteousness. Didn’t many of these so-called stars use these internet services to advertise themselves until they became known? Why, then, give their approval to the RIAA and its tactics to prosecute school kids for using a service they themselves used to promote.

It would be understandable if the RIAA were prosecuting the big boys who are making fortunes by copying and selling thousands of movies and albums, such as are continually found on eBay or sold in practically every bar in the land. But no, these big guys are ignored. They are too hard to prosecute, so they target the kids for prosecution. Kids whose mums have to struggle to find the money to pay the fines. They can’t afford to buy obscenely overpriced CDs for their kids’ birthdays so where can they find the money to pay the massive fines ($30,000 - $150,000).

The morality of the movie and music industries is open to question, and we can all see the egotistical brain-dead drug-ridden examples of the people they overpay in the name of so-called entertainment on our screens every day. Once they start observing the law, acting with some decency and begin to set an example to the youth of our world – once they start displaying some morality and become proper role models for our children, then that is when I shall erase my copy of MP3 Rocket or Limewire. In any case I only use them as they should be used: to find out what is new and popular, and if I find something I like I will download it, listen to it, then go out and buy the album. That should not be illegal, yet it is.

If they want people arrested, leave the kids alone and target the consortiums that are making a lot of money by copying and marketing material downloaded from peer-to-peer networks. It’s not the law I have issue with, it’s the hypocrites who run RIAA and MPAA and also pay their law-breaking artists.

RIAA: Recording Industry Association of America

MPAA: Motion Picture Association of America

Free Network Marketing information is easy to find with the many available resources that can be found online, at the local bookstore, or even in the library. Everyone needs good information in order to be successful and knowing what websites offer is a step in the right direction.

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There are other sites that offer free Network Marketing information. Marketers are encouraged to look them over, sign up for free e-zines, and use the many different methods offered within to build a successful and lucrative business.

This report provides an overview of the Peer-to-Peer and File Sharing application services market. It details the status of the market today, as well as the migration through various stages of service integration and unification. The report covers all of the major approaches to IP-based applications service development and provisioning currently in the marketplace.

Service providers are in the midst of a gradual evolution from circuit-switched infrastructures to IP-based packet-switched infrastructures. While much of this evolution to date has taken place in the transport and access parts of the network, there are now enhanced services that are being developed and refined. In particular, the architecture of-and market for-next-generation enhanced services is beginning to take shape.

Report Excerpt

IP Applications Services Markets

This report provides an overview of the Peer-to-Peer (P2P) and file sharing services market. It details the status of the market today, as well as the migration through various stages of service integration and unification. LBS is one aspect of IP-based applications service development and provisioning currently being rolled out in the marketplace.

Service providers are in the midst of a gradual evolution from circuit-switched infrastructures to IP-based packet-switched infrastructures. While much of this evolution to date has taken place in the transport and access parts of the network, there are now enhanced services that are being developed and refined. In particular, the architecture of-and market for-next-generation enhanced services is beginning to take shape.

Peer to Peer (P2P) file Sharing Services involve the exchange of audio and video files among networked peers.

Traditional carriers see IP application platforms as a means of beginning their slow migration to fully-convergent IP-based networks and services. Some view the highly personalized services enabled by IP as the ultimate “sticky” applications that will stem the tide of customer churn. Other carriers desire new, affordable service applications that will bring additional revenue streams. Every carrier is looking for new ways to enhance their service suites, which are rapidly becoming commoditized.

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Throughout my life I’ve been a rookie.  I’ve been a rookie high school student, football player, college student and a rookie at marriage.  Each time there was an uncanny excitement about all of the new things that I expected to learn.  It seems that there is always someone there to give me advice about how to navigate the ropes.  I’ve found that keeping an open mind to new opportunities has been a key to my success. 

 So now I find myself once again a rookie at social networking.  What a fun journey it has already been.  I have found people on social networks that are jumping in to help someone who is new.  It appears that thousands of people are joining these networks everyday.  I admire all of the people who are sharing their wisdom to save people time, money and energy.  The social networks are full of articles, blogs, business information, individual profiles and areas of special interest.

 I have received immediate responses to questions that I have been pondering for months.  The social networks give you an opportunity to explore what others around the world are doing and to reconnect with friends from high school and college.  This week I reconnected with students that I’ve taught over the last twenty-five years on Facebook.com.  I have been so inspired that I started my own education social network at myedunetwork.com.

 I have my own business and joining Sta.rtup.biz.com has been an invaluable resource.   When you are a rookie you look for every opportunity to get out on the field to play.  Therefore, I recently started my own radio social network at blogtalkradio.com.  It appears that people are looking for an opportunity to here from experts any time of the day.  People who are in your network also get special information directly because they are your members.  If you are looking for exciting news and hear what your peers are thinking than you cannot continue to wait on the sideline.

 You have the flexibility to determine who you want to participate as a member of your social network web page.  People all over the world will express a desire to communicate with individuals in the social network.  Sometimes people offer the right encouragement at the moment that you need it.  I have noticed an overwhelming amount of words of congratulations that are passed from individual to individual.

 I recommend that you choose a social network that meets your specific needs.  There are social networks for individuals who are interested in reconnecting, business, marketing, and personal videos.  People are involved in social networks because they have decided that it will provide answers to a particular challenge they are facing.  For example networks like linkedin.com offer a personal and business networking opportunity.  I have asked questions and received an immediate response.

 I’m a rookie all over again and I’m enjoying the ride.  Since I am a rookie I expect to learn something new every day.  Just like exercising to become fit you must participate in your social networking sites every day to establish your footing.  There is a bottomless amount of information to comprehend.  The social networks have inspired the next internet revolution.  Get on board the social network train and enjoy the ride.

 

 

Peer to Peer technology (P2P) first came into focus through companies like Napster and Kazza, who developed file sharing applications that would allow users to share their own files, as well as search for and download files of other users on the network. Instead of relying on a centralized client server relationship, a peer to peer network gets its strength from each individual node, adding bandwidth and processing power with each new member for the good of the many.

Much like the Borg of the later Star Trek episodes, peer to peer can scale indefinately without the use of expensive central servers, and from a cost standpoint -resistance is futile!

Peer to peer Internet Telephony is, like Napster, a software application that you download on to your computer from a peer to peer VoIP service provider. The softeware, or soft phone as it is called, is free to download and calls to or from anyone on the network are free. The only hardware you need is a headset, or a microphone and speakers. Internet telephony headsets are cheap and come in USB or can plug directly into your sound cards.

For those with web cams, many providers allow you to make video calls to others on the network for free. Services offered with this technology go above and beyond the Telcos, with conference calls, call forwarding, instant messaging and chat - peer to peer Internet telephony literaly turns your computer into a telephone/vidiophone communications center.

Like the traditional VoIP providers, calls within the network are free worldwide, but calls to a PSTN number will usualy cost you if it is an option. You can in some cases, have different numbers in other locations so that people can call you from a land line even from other counties toll free. Even if you do have to pay to get on the PSTN, the rates are so much cheaper than a telco.

Just like the other forms of VoIP, developers have had some technological hurdles to overcome. Quality of Service, NATed firewalls, and centralized directories of members using a dynamic IP address are just a few. Also, as calls and instant messages are routed through the public Internet, encryption is a must for any user.

Internet Telephony in Ecommerce

Probably the best known company and indeed a pioneer of peer-to peer Internet telephony is Skype. Originaly founded by Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, two of the innovators behind the P2P network Kazaa, Skype was bought by eBay in late 2005 for 2.6 billion dollars. With over 100 million users according to eBay, its safe to say that Skype is the industry leader in peer to peer Internet telephony. Ebay would like Skype to evolve into a customer service application, allowing potential buyers to communicate directly to Ecommerce enabled web sites online and in real time.

Peer to Peer and the Gaming Comunity

Another area where the peer to peer idea has taken off is the online gaming community. PeerMe is a peer to peer internet telephony company that caters to gamers, offering PC-to-PC and PC-to handheld voice communications, instant messaging, and peer-to-peer file transfer over public Internet connections. They have recently partnered with game distributor Boonty, offering a broad selection of downloadable games in many languages. Gamers can form communities, evaluate and purchase games, and communicate with friends via voice and text online in real time.

P2P Internet Telephony for Small Businesses

The cost effectiveness of a decentalized peer to peer voip solution has not been overlooked in the business community. Market leader Avaya has developed the one-X Quick Edition line of SIP telephones that is a non server based IP PBX system. Connected to your LAN, each phone contains the software necessary maintain the PBX, and knows about every other phone on the network. An ideal solution for small businesses with many branch offices, the stay at home telecomuter, call centers and customer service centers.

Over at the Gizmo Project they have developed a business software solution that supports the open source Asterik PBX software, and has free calling to anyone on the Gizmo peer to peer network. Under the All Calls Free plan.employees make free calls to the landlines and mobile phones of co-workers in 60 countries.

The biggest advantage of a peer to peer internet telephony solution is the economical start up costs (usualy the price of a headset), and the ability to turn your computer into a world wide communications center. While a Soft Phone and a headset is the norm for most providers, hand helds and IP desk phones are rapidly gaining ground in P2P internet telephony. Peer to peer networking for online communication - a technology coming of age for web sites, gamers and the small business community.

Social networking and communications have their own presence among the people. For proper survival of the human beings, it is important to incorporate them as the essential parts of the daily life. People tend to make a great mistake by overlooking different aspects of social networking due to various reasons.

 

The main reason is lack of sufficient time to interact with each other. Some time before it was not a big issue. But now, due to excessive competition for the survival and with the dream of achieving lots of things within a short period of time, people tend to forget the importance of social interaction.

 

If we talk about today’s social network then online interaction is an important part of it. Some of the features of online interaction include chatting, newsgroups, e-mail listing, peer to peer technologies and instant messaging. It results from the merging of both sociology and technology and known as integrated social networking.  

 

If you make a round of social networking and communications sector and search for the best company then you will find numerous options available in front of you. If you want to make a normal choice then you can go for any option present before you. But if you want to make a choice on which you can proud of for a long period of time, then it is recommended that you consult with The Precise Agency by SRJ, led by Michael Hendrix. 

 

At The Precise Agency, you will find the concept of integrated social networking a little bit broader in contrast to other social networking service providers. One of the reasons why the concept of integrated social networking offered by Michael Hendrix has a wider approach is that it improves brand awareness and differentiation. In addition to it, it provides the opportunities of customer relationship development, essential in today’s marketplace.

 

The application of social networking is not limited to only this. Michael Hendrix believes in doing continuous research in this field so that the best possible and the most convenient service can be offered. Some of the other features of integrated social networking offered by The Precise Agency include propagation of organization or company news, building influential communication with the target audience, the team member recruitment relating to different professionals of the industry, and more.  This is the actual representation of integrated social networking is done by Michael Hendrix.

 

You simply cannot read such visions from textbooks. These ideas and strategies arise from The Precise Agency. This is the main reason why most of the people believe that both Michael Hendrix and the team at The Precise Agency try to do something different and offer unique services to their clients. This makes both of them unmatched through out the communications and social networking industry.

 

It is believed and also proven that when it comes to integrated social networking, The Precise Agency is an all-rounder in itself.  The experts at this unique marketing communications agency know how to leverage communities like MySpace, Facebook, Skyrock and Orkut for the purpose of online social networking.

Visual social communities include Flickr, YouTube, Google Video, MySpace TV and Yahoo! Video. The Precise Agency also offers online forums to its clients. These online forums include AOL, AOL Instant messenger, Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live.

Creating social networking websites is getting easier each day. However, designing successful social networking websites has three major requirements:

1. Uniqueness 

2. Lots of creativity

3. Lots of patience (time)

If a social networking website is designed based on these three aspects there is no doubt that the project will be a grand success. Here, in this article, you will find the necessity of the three main factors of social networking web design.

The need of Uniqueness

Everyone using the Internet will be aware of the fact that the Social Networking arena is overcrowded. Hence uniqueness of the social networking websites is very much essential to stand out from the crowd. To make your social networking website design unique, you will have to spend lots of time in analyzing the aspects of other popular social networking websites like Facebook, Myspace and Orkut. You have to offer the users of your social networking website with something different and useful that most of the other popular social networking websites do not offer. One of the reasons behind the popularity of facebook is the handful of useful applications. There is a cool application called “Compare me” which allows users to compare themselves with the peers. Providing such cool, interactive social networking applications in your own website will attract more people.

The need of Creativity

Creativity is very much essential for designing social networking websites. The above said uniqueness in social networking web design can be achieved only by vivid creativity. So where does the creativity come from? Creativity comes as a result of extensive research. With lots of social networking websites out there, learning what to do with your social networking website is very easy.

The need of time

Both the above said aspects involved in designing social networking websites depend upon time. The more the time you spend in designing your social networking website, the more will be the success of the same. Researching what the competitor social networking websites are offering and coming up with creative ideas to make your social networking website look unique will eat up much of your time.

Bottom line

If you lack anyone of these there aspects of social networking website design, it’s better to get some professional help rather than do it by yourself. There are many professional social networking web designers with hands on experience in the same. All you have to do is to express you requirement and they will take care of everything- from planning to effective social networking web designing. There are some unique social networking web design companies who offer promotion of your website along with designing. These Social networking web design services offered by the experts with strategic thinking will guide you to the path of success.

I often hear clients and colleagues say that they wish they lived in or closer to a big city that offers many networking opportunities.

I count myself fortunate to live in such a city — and one that has a strong entrepreneurial presence — that offers countless networking opportunities. But to tell you the honest truth, I only belong to one local networking group for women in business. Why only one? Local networking is time-consuming and expensive.

I do, however, participate in many other forms of networking. Here are some examples of how you can network, without leaving your office:

- Yahoo Groups, Google Groups, et al: Hang out with your target market, competitors and colleagues. The secret lies in your participation.

- Online networking organizations: Most are fee-based, but there’s no need to get dressed, drive and spend money on a meal, cocktail or entry fee. The trick is to not only join industry-specific organizations, since they may be attended by some of your competitors. Join at least one group targeted to your clientele, rather than your peers.

- Volunteer your services: By volunteering your services to a charitable organization or to a company whose philosophy or product you admire, you gain experience and make valuable connections that you probably wouldn’t have otherwise. This gives you a chance to make yourself known to people you would like to work with, that are associated with communities, products or services toward which you want to expand your market.

- Past clients: Keep tabs on them and their industry. Is there someone in your network you can refer to past clients? This makes them more likely to remember you and return the favor. Execute an “appreciation campaign” designed to let your past clients know that you keep them in mind by sending out small promotional items, for example.

- Social groups: Do you belong to a club, social organization, family-oriented group, sports team, etc? Do they know what you do? Do you know what they do?

- Keep in touch: Make sure your contacts know where you’re at and how your business is doing by sending regular updates or even a newsletter. This way, they know your business is doing well and it inspires confidence if they should ever need your services in the future.

Remember, networking does not mean pumping business cards out to everyone you meet. Everyone knows someone else. Maybe their network contains your target client. The point is they can’t know if you don’t tell them, and remind them (subtly, of course). So go through your business cards, address book (personal and professional) and find ways to tap into the networking opportunities sitting right under your nose. Maybe you don’t have to live in a big city after all.

Copyright. Cristina Favreau. All rights reserved.

For those of us who choose to study proper marketing techniques as our source of education in Network Marketing, having a sense of community is essential for success. We don’t travel every month to company sponsored trainings that teach the same outdated techniques over and over, and we don’t participate in online business systems or follow the latest fads to generate business. Like everything else that comes with being a leader, we have to rely on ourselves.

Having a sense of community helps you keep your head in the game, and gives you a chance to inspire and be inspired by others who have the same goals as you. When most network marketing companies emphasize their trainings, what they are really doing is promoting their company by providing an outlet for its distributors to gather and socialize. It can get expensive, especially when the techniques they usually teach aren’t helping you grow a powerful business.

The alternative is to create situations on your own to promote community and keep the retention of your peers and distributors. Here are a few successful ways to accomplish this without spending lots of money.

Share Inexpensive Leads With Your Downline

Anyone who has received proper marketing education knows that all leads stink, but they are necessary to help you build a solid skill set for talking on the telephone. The problem in the past for me was that I used to spend a lot of money for leads that I was told were “fresh” and of good “quality.” I spent a lot of money to learn that these kinds of leads simply do not exist, and that I can get my own set of leads for pennies compared to what my upline was offering to me.

One great way to interact with others is to go in on a set of leads and hold phone briefings to discuss your results. Not only will this cut your costs even more, but everyone can benefit by the stories you share. The wole point of leads is to build a skill set while you zero in on your target audience. Having others working with you will speed up the process and in turn accelerate everyone’s business at the same time.

E-mail Promotions

If you haven’t already noticed, e-mail is a much faster and inexpensive way to communicate the written word than sending packages and letters through the U.S. Postal Service. Mostly everyone has a computer these days, especially if you own and operate a home-based business. Building excitement through the use of promotions has never been easier. You can inspire everyone you know with the push of a button and you don’t even have to open your mouth to say anything.

I was always excited when I heard about the latest promotion my company offered, but after I changed my way of thinking and found quality education specifically designed for network marketers, it was up to me as a leader to do the offering.

After much trial and error, I found that point systems work very well. Run small promotions to get your distributors to do just a little more than they usually do. They will feel a sense of accomplishment because smaller goals are attainable and they will stretch to reach them. Always putting big goals out there that only one or two people can reach can split apart your group and make people think they aren’t progressing if they always fall short.

Magazine Subscriptions

A great way to build a sense of community is to encourage people to subscribe to magazines and have discussion groups about them. First, they should choose a magazine they like that has no relation to building a business. Everyone has a hobby that they enjoy doing without the concern of making money. This is important because it allows people to reveal and discuss their interests outside of “working” so others can get to know them.

They should also subscribe a magazine that relates to business, specifically the products they endorse. You can learn a lot from the ads people place and they way they are worded, not to mention the many articles that offer ideas written by peers and other successful people in the same field of interest. Think of it like a “book of the month” club but with an emphasis on helping others with your insight and wisdom.

The point to building a community on your own is to improve your business without the help of your parent company, but that doesn’t mean you have to alienate them either. Just compliment what they do. Attend their annual trainings if you like being around the people and the excitement. Just remember to treat it like a social gathering and not an educational experience. That’s usually why they promote them in the first place.

Social networking sites have been around on the Internet for a while now. While some of us old timers thought that these networks sites would be gone as quickly as they came, they are standing their ground. Anyone who’s anyone has a face page on more than one social networking site.

Like I always say, if you can’t beat them join them. You just have to know how to use a social networking site to your benefit. Think of all the people you could reach by posting on such a website. It would be a shame to overlook this opportunity to make money online. The marketer in me refuses to let that revenue go.

Tips for Marketing through Social Networking Sites

There are a few things you need to know about social networking sites before you can begin marketing on them.

Create a professional face page for each networking site that you join. Remember that anyone can find your networking page by putting your name in the search. You never know who could be looking. Old girlfriends, your parents, infantry buddys or your boss. Make sure your face page is professional and tasteful.

Don’t send bulk messages to every member on the social networking site. This tactic doesn’t even earn you friends or sales. It may be decamped off of the site because it is severely frowned upon.

Send to friend requests to people with similar interests. Invite them to look at your page where they can find information about your website and the products you’re promoting.

Leave comments on other people’s pages without spamming them. Develop friendships and let your links do the talking as far as the marketing is concerned.

Article marketing on social networking sites is an effective way to increase traffic flow to your website. Soark reader’s interest, draw them in and provide them with a link to your articles for more information.

Social Networking Sites

Here’s a list of social networking sites that you can join for free, make friends and market your articles on.

Myspace

Facebook

Flickr

Friendster

Gather

LibraryThing

LiveJournal

Meetup

Reunion

Shelfari

Classmates

Xanga

LinkedIn

The nice thing about marketing through social network websites is that they vary in topic. Though some sites are open to anyone and mainly attract young visitors, most sites are specific about the audience they cater to. Some networking sites are specifically for writers, some are for book lovers and some are specifically for finding people with common interests to meet up with.

You can use this information to better target your article marketing strategy. Decide who your target audience will be and join social networking sites that attract those types of people.

Presenting Yourself on Social Networking Sites

The other nice thing about marketing on social networking sites is the ability to personalize your page. When friends visit your page they will see your picture along with your personal profile. These offer you a certain degree of credibility. You’re no longer just a sales person, but another person just like them. They are more likely to trust your opinion on a product if you peer to be similar in nature.

Use your image spot wisely by posting a professional image or your own picture. Posting cartoons or unrelated images can effect how people perceive you on the Internet. Keep in mind that the goal is to draw their attention in and hope that they will click on the link to your articles to increase your sales.