The societal issue I chose was peer-to-peer file sharing. It does have it's advantages such as: it gives you the ability to get programs and files at the convenience of your own home and it is free. The disadvantage is that is illegal for some of the things you can use it for such as movie and music file sharing. Aslo a disadvantage is that some people put files on to share that contain viruses. If you are interested in file sharing, one good place to go would be www.kazaa.com Tyrell Potts --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more.