Peer Media Technologies, Inc. is an Artistdirect subsidiary created in 2009 as a merger of MediaDefender and MediaSentry, after the reputations of the predecessor companies were sullied by the exposure of internal emails and the use of investigative tactics deemed illegal in several U.S. states.[1]
The Company's media segment and e-commerce segment accounted for 36% and 3% of its revenue during the year ended December 31, 2008. The IPP segment accounted for approximately 64% of the Company’s revenue during 2008.[2]
According to Peer Media Technologies, they cover the following P2P networks and file sharing protocols: Ares, BitTorrent, Direct Connect, eDonkey, Gnutella, Piolet, Shareaza, SoulSeek and WinMX.[3]