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             In creating Napster, Shawn not only transformed the music business, but he also helped launch a new programming movement and a whole wave of start ups dedicated to what has become known as P2P, or peer-to-peer, client-based Internet software. Among Napster's revolutionary qualities is that it allows computer users to exchange files directly, avoiding server bottlenecks and, Shawn once hoped, legal problems. Only Napster's index and directory reside on a central server; the files are actually transferred via various Windows protocols directly from user to user. That means that no copyrighted material is ever in Napster's possession.
             There are myriad and totally legal possibilities for P2P applications, from swapping dense technical files through a local-area network (LAN),something scientists at the Centers for Disease Control are looking into, to replacing corporate servers with P2P systems for business applications. "The old days, in other words the current Internet we hav
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