Napster, Gnutella Users May Be Scanned, Spammed
BigChampagne, a marketing company, has been scanning the MP3 collections of Napster users and targeting ads based on their music tastes. The company apparently also targets ads based on users' search criteria. In a related story, Gnutella, a popular peer-to-peer file sharing program, may allow others to acquire users' cookies and other files.Let Others Sue, Marketer BigChampagne Licks Chops Over Rich Napster Data, Inside.com, February 8, 2001.
The Napster parasites, Salon, February 9, 2001.
Gnutella swapping cookies, too, CNET, February 8, 2001.
