However, the companies were not willing to regularly provide transparent download records, and would not allow preemptive action to prevent the distribution of copyright-infringing files.
P2P 系統經營者是否需對用戶在社群內交換侵權檔案負責？這是當前訴訟雙方的爭議所在。Ezpeer 與 Kuro 主張，他們只提供交換平台，無須為會員的個人行為負責；IFPI 則認為業者刻意放任使用者交換侵權檔案，缺乏經營誠意，使得雙方和解之路遙遙無期。