"On December 15 and 16, 2004, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") held a public workshop entitled "Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Technology: Consumer Protection and Competititon Issues." The two-day workshop explored a wide range of issues relating to peer-to-peer - or "P2P" - file-sharing technology, and included seven panels featuring more than 40 representatives from the P2P file-sharing software industry, entertainment industry, high-technology research firms, government agencies, academic insitutions, and consumer groups...FTC staff has prepared this report to present information concerning the consumer protection, competition/economic, and intellectual property issues discussed at the workshop." -- from the Executive Summary, p. 1.