Bad, bad P2P, devil's spawn, bad association

In looking around for more "beyond the browser" efforts and commentary, I'm wondering why it is that all talk of P2P elearning abruptly stopped around 2001. I think I might know.

See this resource index from the e-Learning Centre. No, it's not a case of a lazy webmaster or an abandoned page. Look around for youself; you'll find the same thing.

I think people are just plain scared of anything that smacks of P2P because it's become associated with breaking the law. It seems like I remember Adam Curry (a.k.a. 82.108.78.107) expressing something like this sentiment at a panel discussion at Gnomedex.

He said he didn't want to get into podcast delivery via Bittorrent* because of the taint. It may have been Dave who countered that there is nothing inherrently illegal about it. It's just how it mostly has been applied. And of course, what's his name, the BT guy, marketed it as a way to get back at the Man, so THAT hasn't helped one little bit.

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* About not wanting to get into free podcast delivery: I also have my suspicions that it's in Podshow's interest to be able to say to podcasters, "If your podcast gets popular, you won't be able to afford to deliver it." Although you don't hear much lately about that arm of their business -- hosting and other services for non-star podcasters.