Peers, Pirates, AND PERSUASION: rhetoric in the debate PEER-TO-PEER investigate the role of rhetoric in shaping public perceptions about a novel technology: peer-to-peer file-sharing. While broadband Internet services now allow fast transfer of media files that are complex, Americans face real uncertainty about whether peer-to-peer file sharing is or should be legal. John Logie analyzes the public arguments grew more than five years of debate, triggered by the emergence of Napster, the first widely adopted technology, peer-to-peer. Logie examine metaphoric frames-warfare, theft, piracy, sharing, and hacking, for example-that dominate the debate over peer-to-peer and show shape public policy on the use and exchange of digital media.