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Word association: P2P = Napster = disrupted the music industry. P2P technology certainly did that. Skype shook up telecoms and Joost may do the same for TV.

P2P (Peer to Peer) networks could be a lot more. They could be the last big disruptive technology online. The online world is increasingly getting divided into a few mega firms that can afford to invest billions in server farms (Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo, eBay) and the rest of us. Start-ups may love to have that “pay as you go infrastructure”, but it does create a huge barrier between the big league and everybody else.