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The Microsoft Research paper in Word format.

The ACM conference where the Microsoft paper was presented last week.

Gartner agrees the upgradecycle is on hold, though mine is more fun to read.

ASCAP, the American Society of Composers and Publishers, ought to be on both sides of this issue but they have chosen to be strictly against file swapping. Look for that to change when the writing is on the wall in permanent ink.

A broad overview of file sharing issues from Network World.