Another aspect that no one really touched on was the whole possiblity of spyware that collect god-knows-what information and sends it god-knows-where, all without your knowledge. As someone in class tonight said, "there's a reason it's free..." I've even heard rumors (and they could be just that...) that some P2P groups keep logs of what their users download, date and time probably, and the IP to which it's being downloaded. Now whether or not it's true or not, I have no idea. Or hell, if it's even possible for that matter. But just another thought to keep in the back of your mind...

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