Is deviant behaviour the norm on P2P file-sharing networks?
2006, Daniel Hughes, James Walkerdine and Geoff Coulson, IEEE Distributed Systems Online This study addresses patterns of illegal pornography sharing on the Gnutella Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file-sharing network and classifies the nature of the relationship between anonymous Internet use and deviant behaviours. Findings report that a small yet particularly active sub-community of users search for and distribute illegal pornography, but it isn’t a behavioural norm. Furthermore, although the anonymity Gnutella affords surely makes sharing such material more attractive to this sub-community, it seems unlikely that anonymity alone is enough to trigger such deviant behaviour. The authors discuss how the lack of a central authority in P2P provides a new, interesting context for the expression of human social behaviour. The findings suggest that no action need be taken regarding P2P file-sharing networks as a whole if it’s possible to effectively target this sub-community without encroaching on the
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