A short report from DRMWatch describes raw P2P services exiting the market post-Grokster. The report notes that investor interest continues in licensed P2P models, but that consumer interest has been slow to develop; they're just as happy with a central service like iTunes.

This is a bit of a reality check for more idealist techies. The pull of P2P wasn't the nifty decentralized architecture, it was the ease of getting free stuff. (In a sense, it was how well it spoofed or approximated a central database in spite of not being). Once the stuff is no longer free, an architecture that holds the promise of better consumer service is just as enticing, or more so.

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 1:03 PM | Internet: P2P, Search Engines...

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