P2P Networks Move To Hide Users With "Secure" Software

While the RIAA stubbornly continues trying to push legislation to allow them to sue and prosecute their customer base- not the most intelligent marketing campaign I've ever heard of- the P2P networks are moving to create new "secure" versions of their client programs that attempt to hide their users actions to protect them from RIAA investigators. These are the sort of "warning shots across the bow" before the real war begins. The more the RIAA succeeds in winning court battles and issuing subpoenas to sue their customers the more the P2P networks will do everything they can to block the RIAA from seeing their networks and hide their users actions. Just like Prohibition created an underground black market for liquor sales, the RIAA legislation will do the same for file-sharing. The RIAA should really take a look at how to embrace this technology and use it to their advantage instead of alienating their customer base. For more information on the latest moves by the P2P networks you can read the following article in the San Francisco Chronicle: Brawl over online music file-swapping spawns 'secure' software.