Download or read book Peers, Pirates, and Persuasion written by John Logie and published by Parlor Press LLC. This book was released on 2006-01-30 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Logie examines the rhetoric of the ongoing debate over peer-to-peer technologies, in particular Napster and its successors. The Grokster case, he contends, has already produced the chilling effects that will stifle the innovative spirit at the heart of the Internet and networked communities.