Legal Opinion
LHF Prods., Inc. v. Boughton
District Court, D. Nevada
Decided October 23, 2017No. 2:16–cv–01918–JAD–NJKPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Groups of peers that download and upload the same file during a given period are known as a "swarm," with each peer being identified by a unique series of alphanumeric characters known as "hashtag" that is attached to each piece of the file. The swarm's members are relatively anonymous, as each participant is identifiable only by her Internet Provider (IP) address. Overseeing and coordinating the entire process is a computer or server known as a "tracker" that maintains a record of which peers in a swarm have which files at a given time. In order to increase the likelihood of a successful…
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