Tim Wu

Peer-to-peer network architectures have come to broad attention over the last several years with the success of Napster and other applications.

Many see "pure" peer-to-peer networks as the greatest challenge to enforcement of laws on Internet-related conduct, such as copyright, child pornography, and hate speech.

However, a closer study of network design issues suggests that such immunity may be unachievable on a mass scale without a concerted dedication of public network resources.Tim Wu is technical marketing director for Riverstone Networks.

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