file sharing

I spend a lot of time emailing files to folks. Sometimes, it's just a small Word document that I'm firing off to an editor, but often the files are a little heftier, containing multiple images or videos. I often send an email containing all of the files, and then a follow-up message, just to confirm that my oversized message arrived safely. But not anymore: Now I'm using Ge.tt (various pricing, starting at free). This free file sharing service has made my life a whole lot easier.

Box.net, a provider of cloud-based storage and file-sharing for businesses, has raised $18.7 million in financing from seven unidentified investors.

Millions of small business owners may soon realize that their Internet service could be disrupted if they're wrongly accused of illegal file sharing or downloading under the "six strikes" plan entertainment media groups announced this week.

Netflix is growing so fast it must be reducing the number of movies downloaded illegally, right? Makes sense, but the content shared illegally goes way beyond a few old movies.

The Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm in Cambodia, recovering from an unnamed illness; opponents charge he's hiding from Swedish justice.

If your users are meticulous about not sharing clips, quotes, audio, analyst reports, external content, movies and music across your net, don't worry about the copyright infringement bill swinging a hammer outside your office door.

In a major victory for the music industry, a New York federal judge has ordered embattled P2P software maker LimeWire to immediately and permanently stop distributing and supporting its file-sharing software.

Gygan is one of the newest additions into the file-sharing battleground. With so many choices already available--BitTorrent, Usenet, and RapidShare among others--can Gygan really offer anything new? There's nothing groundbreaking, but it does fill a niche: Gygan (free up to monthly download GB limit) combines some of the best features of RapidShare and Usenet, but unlike the two it runs on an easy-to-use standalone client.

There are a number of Web services that allow you to collaborate on tabular or database data using nothing other than your browser. You can even upload your desktop spreadsheet to get started. I look at four such services.

Box.net used to be just an online file storage service, but lately it has become this Swiss Army Knife of integrated Web services that they call OpenBox. Here are just a few of the more interesting things that you can do with the service.

The massive $1.9 million fine imposed by a federal jury yesterday in the retrial of a Minnesota woman accused of pirating 24 songs may could end up hurting the RIAA's anti-piracy campaign more than anything else, a leading copyright lawyer said.