The next technology that sparked public interest in peer-to- peer file sharing was Gnutella. In addition to distributed object storage, Gnutella uses a fully distributed database. Gnutella does not rely upon any centralized server or service – a peer just needs the IP address of one or a few participating peers to (in principle) reach any host on the Gnutella darknet. Second, Gnutella is not really “run” by anyone: it is an open protocol and anyone can write a Gnutella client application. Finally, Gnutella and its descendants go beyond sharing audio and have substantial non-infringing uses. This changes its legal
standing markedly and puts it in a similar category to email. That is, email has substantial non-infringing use, and so
standing markedly and puts it in a similar category to email. That is, email has substantial non-infringing use, and so