Peer-to-Peer: Is Deviant Behavior the Norm on P2P File-Sharing Networks?

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February 2006 (vol. 7 no. 2) pp. 1

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	Daniel Hughes, James Walkerdine, Geoff Coulson, Stephen Gibson, "Peer-to-Peer: Is Deviant Behavior the Norm on P2P File-Sharing Networks?," IEEE Distributed Systems Online, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 1, February, 2006.

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	@article{ 10.1109/MDSO.2006.13, author = {Daniel Hughes and James Walkerdine and Geoff Coulson and Stephen Gibson}, title = {Peer-to-Peer: Is Deviant Behavior the Norm on P2P File-Sharing Networks?}, journal ={IEEE Distributed Systems Online}, volume = {7}, number = {2}, issn = {1541-4922}, year = {2006}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MDSO.2006.13}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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	TY - MGZN JO - IEEE Distributed Systems Online TI - Peer-to-Peer: Is Deviant Behavior the Norm on P2P File-Sharing Networks? IS - 2 SN - 1541-4922 SP EP EPD - 1 A1 - Daniel Hughes, A1 - James Walkerdine, A1 - Geoff Coulson, A1 - Stephen Gibson, PY - 2006 KW - peer-to-peer KW - file sharing KW - user behavior VL - 7 JA - IEEE Distributed Systems Online ER -

Daniel Hughes, Lancaster University

James Walkerdine, Lancaster University

Geoff Coulson, Lancaster University

Stephen Gibson, York St John College

The anonymity that peer-to-peer networks afford their users is thought to weaken the social pressures that inhibit deviant behavior, such as distributing illegal pornography. Empirical evidence suggests that this belief might be inaccurate and that a small subset of the P2P community produces most P2P-mediated illegal pornography.

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peer-to-peer, file sharing, user behavior

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Daniel Hughes, James Walkerdine, Geoff Coulson, Stephen Gibson, "Peer-to-Peer: Is Deviant Behavior the Norm on P2P File-Sharing Networks?," IEEE Distributed Systems Online, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 1, Feb. 2006, doi:10.1109/MDSO.2006.13

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