Factors which may affect an individual's usage of P2P software

• An individual's fear of litigation/law-suits
• Fear of spyware, adware, viruses, etc. being installed
• Speed of the network and client in processing downloads
• Difficulty in using the client software to download
• Loss of interest in downloading material
• Moral or ethical questions concerning whether it is right to download some content
• Network restrictions or limits (firewalls, content filtering, bandwidth caps, etc)
• Quality and validity of files found
• Legal alternatives to P2P networks such as Itunes, NetFlix, etc.
• Speed of an individual's network connection

General Structure of the Essay, Abstract, and Executive Summary

• What is peer-to-peer software?
• How does a peer-to-peer network work?
• Definitions:
  • Clients that will be used and evaluated for the project
  • Other terminology that will be used for the essay
• Definition of the problem and thesis
• What are the factors that affect someone from using P2P software?
  • Introduction
  • Methodology (data-collection, population, assumptions, etc.)
  • Data Analysis (regression analysis, statistics, diagrams, histograms, etc.)
  • Subjective Analysis of P2P software flaws emphasizing certain P2P clients
  • Conclusions about P2P usage based on statistical analysis
• Predictions on the future of P2P software
  • Make inferences based on P2P research
  • Make inferences based on recent court cases