Is Deviant Behaviour the Norm on P2P File-Sharing Networks?
Is Deviant Behaviour the Norm on P2P File-Sharing Networks?
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异常行为是 P2P 文件共享网络的常态吗？
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2006
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通讯作者：
G. Coulson
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作者：
Daniel Hughes;Stephen Gibson;J. Walkerdine;G. Coulson
目前正在采取重大的国际执法行动，打击通过互联网传播非法色情制品。人们普遍认为，点对点（P2P）文件共享网络在这一领域尤其受影响——主要是因为它们为用户提供了匿名性。这种匿名性被认为鼓励了个人从事非法色情交易，因为它削弱了原本会抑制这种行为的社会压力。在本文中，我们提出的经验证据表明，这种传统智慧可能是有缺陷的。从我们的分析推断，我们认为绝大多数P2P介导的非法色情内容是由P2P社区的一小部分人制作的，他们很少或根本没有与更广泛的守法社区互动。
Major international law-enforcement initiatives are currently underway to fight the distribution of illegal pornography over the Internet. It is commonly believed that peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing networks are particularly implicated in this area— largely because of the anonymity that they afford their users. This anonymity is thought to encourage individuals to engage in trafficking illegal pornography because it weakens social pressures that would otherwise inhibit such behaviour. In this paper we present empirical evidence suggesting that this conventional wisdom may be flawed. Extrapolating from our analysis, we argue that the vast majority of the P2P-mediated illegal pornography is produced by a small subset of the P2P community who have little or no interaction with the wider law-abiding community.