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Re:BT EncryptionMan, my formatting got all screwed up. Just follow the link.
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9608/GUIDE%3A+Using+Linux+to+Beat+Comcast's+BitTorrent+Throttling
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Re:BT Encryption
How about if you set your iptables firewall to block the Comcast reset packet? From: http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9608/GUIDE%3A+Using+Linux+to+Beat+Comcast's+BitTorrent+Throttling If you are using Ubuntu or another non-Red Hat Linux derivative, then place the following in a file and execute that file as root. #!/bin/sh #Replace 6883 with you BT port BT_PORT=6883 #Flush the filters iptables -F #Apply new filters iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT #Comcast BitTorrent seeding block workaround iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport $BT_PORT --tcp-flags RST RST -j DROP iptables -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT #BitTorrent iptables -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport $BT_PORT -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m udp -p udp --dport $BT_PORT -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited Not so hard really. There's an iptables file on that page for the RedHat distros too.
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Re:Call to arms?
So does that mean that rogers.com is already wiretapping its' customers in Canada?
Well, our Privacy Commissioner is wondering that.
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INCORRECT!!!
Everyone please take note that this article is incorrect. Please see the link below for the story explaining that this is not true.
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9477/French+RIAA+Announces+Deadline+to+Ban+File-Sharers+from+the+Internet/
This quote is from the link above:
"The idea that Canada is considering a three strike policy is an outright lie. In all the years Canada has had copyright debates, a "three strike" policy was never even brought up as a serious law change consideration (the closest thing was 'notice-and-notice'/'notice-and-takedown' regimes which is a far cry from a three strike policy). To our knowledge, it has yet to even be brought up in any of the debates overall. At worst, there was anti-circumvention, anti-camcording, and making file-sharing an illegal act as of Bill C-60, but considering outright banishment from the internet is simply untrue at this point in time. In the United States on the other hand, there were talks of P2P filtering, there were incidences of arresting alleged copyright infringers where a rare punishment in a court judgment was being barred from using computers, but there has yet to be laws put in place that simply bans file-sharers from the internet altogether. It seems as though the courts were the last thing on these people's minds though." -
Time to stretch the truth."BitTorrent traffic doesn't mysteriously take up more bandwidth per bit than any other form of traffic - it costs as much bandwidth as anything else, though people may send or receive more BitTorrent traffic than other forms of traffic." Dave:
It always pays to be skeptical of statistics, especially those
profferred in an attempt to sell products. However, it's also
important to note that Mr. Godwin's skepticism is itself
self-serving, coming as it does from a long time advocate of P2P.
In this particular case, the statistics actually do jibe with what
most ISPs report.
Here are some more statistics from our own ISP, which -- like all
others -- is caught in the middle between eager customers (who
would quit if we cut off their P2P connections), the record
companies (who, we fear, will attempt to use us as a bulwark or as
scapegoats in their battle against P2P), and bandwidth costs (which
are coming down, but not nearly rapidly enough).
While we are located in a college town, only about 1/3 of our
clients are college students. (This is because the University
provides them with subsidized Internet access if they live off
campus, or practically free access -- via the government-funded
Internet2 no less -- if they live in the dormitories.) Yet, about
2/3 of our traffic is demonstrably P2P: Kazaa, BitTorrent, etc. And
this is a conservative estimate; it's only what our patterns
detect. One student, without bandwidth restrictions, could easily
soak up 10 Mbps of continuous backbone bandwidth, which in our
location can cost as much as $6,000 per month wholesale.
That's why we were among the first ISPs to implement P2P
mitigation. Had we not done so, those users -- perhaps unwittingly,
because many of them did not realize that they were transmitting as
well as receiving illegal copies of music -- would have choked off
those engaged in legitimate activities and we would have lost their
business. Many P2P applications, upon discovering an unfettered
fast "pipe," quickly make the computers on which they're running
major hubs in the P2P network, consuming all the bandwidth they can.
Also, of all of the P2P users we've queried about their activities
over the years, we have found only two who are using P2P for legal
downloads. In both cases, they are obtaining software which is
licensed in such a way that it may be freely redistributed. All of
the rest were downloading music and similar media.
Thus, CacheLogic's claims seem to be substantially accurate, at
least from our measurements. And we do face a great dilemma: we
will lose our customers if we do not allow downloads and will not
have sufficient bandwidth for customers' legitimate needs if we do
not throttle P2P activity to a sane level.
--Brett Glass Source
If your copy got lost in the stack, or you'd rather read the Cliff's notes, this week's translation focuses on my top pick from the 2006 collection: A meticulously researched look into how the file-downloading scheme known as BitTorrent affects broadband networks.
The short answer: Badly.
# There is a misconception that there is bandwidth savings for the end user. If you want to download a 1gb size file, 1gb of data will be delivered to your PC. There is no savings of bandwidth on the client side. In fact, the client is charged a bandwidth premium because after they have received the entire file, they are asked to participate in the peering by delivering parts of the file to other users. -
ok I'll be more normal
Lets take a look at what you are saying.
1. It's wrong because it is legally wrong.
Most people would consider this comment silly. Without getting into it (what a silly old topic), so you're saying that if it was legal (like in the Netherlands and many other countries soon) it would be ok?
If you want me to address this comment further I will.
2. It's wrong because you're being a freeloader and taking unfair advantage of someone else.
This is a part of your argument you could possibly expand on. There's the "freeloader" part which is really just saying you didn't pay for it. The term "freeloader" doesn't actually work when applied to things that don't run out. It works for food, supplies, candy, commodities in general. Physical items. IP is not physical. It can't "run out" (unless, i guess all copies are destroyed) The term "freeloader" suggests that a negative is happening to the non-freeloaders.
"taking an unfair advantage of someone else" would be like if someone stole your book when you weren't around, or recited your lines as if they were their own, discrediting you. The point is that something negative is happening to you. You are losing out in some way.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070212-8813.html
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11540.cfm
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/6828/Music+download+sales+soar+in+US
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060320-6418.html
(More links if you want them)
And then you express your take on my arguments as "teenager crap."
"they're rich so they won't notice" Could you tell me from where in my comments this was inferred?
"their art sucks so they get what they deserve" I guess this is your take on "If she's not as good as her sales suggest (like many pop stars) than she will (deservedly) make less cash." I don't know, I guess that is similar to what I said. Except you make it sound real vindictive and mean. And then you call it "senseless babble." Why is it babble? How would you have it? You want less talented people to make more money than talented people? (please explain why this is babble)
I feel I have taken the time to articulate my points coherently. I have addressed every issue you have brought up. (Am I missing something?)
I apologize if you were offended by my previous comments. (I can be rude)
I do not feel you have addressed my points.
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Re:she's rightSo... what you're saying essentially is that someone who creates a piece of music, a work of literature, a computer program, anything that is not physically tangible should get absolutely no protection against anyone else making a bunch of free copies and distributing them?
They'd better not quit their day jobs in order to create such things, then! Of course I never said that.
If people want to make money off of their artistic works then so be it. If people want "protection" from artistic works then so be it. But that protection should not be an 800 pound guerrela. What I did say is that having no protection in place is better than having protection in place. This is the way it is now. If the government and industry want to change the laws to make things more fair then I may change my opinion. making a bunch of free copies and distributing them I have nothing against pursuing organized crime. Although there is an assumption on your part that people won't buy DRM-free music or support artists in other ways. Just a couple of links to give that argument a rest:
Gov't Commissioned Study Finds P2P Downloaders Buy More Music
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2347/125/
Radiohead's 'In Rainbows' Paid for by 38% of Site Downloaders
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9088/Radiohead's+'In+Rainbows'+Paid+for+by+38%25+of+Site+Downloaders
38 percent is certainly a high figure considering the people who would not have bought the album in the first place (whether it be available freely or not). A 38 percent profit off of the millions who downloaded that album is really quite a lot of money, not to mention the free advertising.
And let's face facts, people signing up for American Idle aren't making God Save the Queen (the punk version or otherwise). Same as the people chasing music labels in general. More likely than not their music will get perverted into "loudness" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war or some form of top-10 type copycat sound.
But yes, people should keep their day jobs unless they don't want to live in poverty. Being a musician is hard even if you're signed on to a major label. Same as with book publishing. The corporates will own everything and give you very little. The issue of IP ownership in this context has very little value. -
COPY of the ACTUAL LETTER SENT TO STUDENTS
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I wish I could like this...
But knowing that the TPB has opened with it being a haven for child pornography in mind, I can't say I'm pleased. I realize they believe in freedom of expression, but some things just don't need a venue, and child pornography is one of them.
For reference for those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about. -
Re:Uh Oh...Now up on Google Video
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
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Re:They have to eat!
No, they don't have to eat. They need to diet. If it involves them skipping meals because they don't earn any money coding Debian, so be it. Here is one of the lead developers caught on a webcam (notice how fucking fat he is!)
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Re:Not gonna happen
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/6466/MPAA+v+Shawn+Ho
g an:+The+Zeropaid+Interview
According to the interview, he's decided to force the issue into court no matter what the MPAA does:
CH: So your position is that you aren't going to settle and that you didn't do anything wrong?
SH: Yep. At this point they have pushed me enough to where I'm going to do whatever I can to keep them from dropping the case. I can't prevent them from dropping it, but I am going to try and force them to go to a full trial. Basically, my lawyers aren't even going to file a motion to dismiss.
CH: That would be great, it would have to be pretty embarrassing for them to go to a full trial that ends up clearing you completely.
SH: It will set a precedent for everyone else, that's the whole point. Between the RIAA and the MPAA it's almost 20,000 people that have settled. All John Doe lawsuits, not a single one has gone to a final judgment. All these people settling for basically what adds up to extortion, I want to put a stop to it. At this point, I don't care what it costs. If they drop it, I will find something to counter with to keep it in court. -
Re:Wasn't he sued...
Curiously, they both were Spanish artists. I wish I could say it is mere coincidence...
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Re:why is this necessary?
Here's an interview with Richard Stallman discussing Linus's decision to include DRM in the linux kernel.
And here's a post from linus on the kernel mailing list (thread "flame linus to a crisp") talking about DRM in the linux kernel.
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Not just DJs
Greedy music organizations everywhere are pulling this crap. Here is an article about Finland's version of the RIAA charging taxi drivers to leave the radio on, in the US, stores are not allowed to play music or the radio, they have to license special music streams. lame.
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Answers
So where's the XBox 360?
On EBay, which currently accounts for 10% of all 360 sales. Looks like prices from $550 to $1000. I kept wondering why the XBox was being manufactured for shortages, when M$ wasn't taking advantage of shortage pricing, but instead pricing under cost*. One article raises the speculation that the secondary market might be intentional.** Maybe M$ decided it prefers an auction economy, perhaps to dodge allegations of price gouging, which are apparently all the rage, for better or worse.
So where's the congratulatory hype?
Here's some, though we're probably not seeing a huge amount of post-release PR because they can't meet extra demand such PR would generate anyway. And they probably gave their PR department a holiday after all their pre-release work.
Or maybe they fired them after all their ads got banned from TV.
Where are our promo boxes?
The other comments have covered this pretty well. Really, if M$ sent a big heavy box in the mail to the editors of
Or maybe yours just got smashed uh... "in the mail."
*Another estimate of XBox cost/unit, from BusinessWeek.
**I don't actually think M$ planned to sell direct on Ebay to capitalize on created shortages, but it's still an interesting idea. -
Re:kazaa is dead long live p2p.
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Re:kazaa is dead long live p2p.
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A Must-Read - Sony's Rootkit in violation of LGPLI just replied to parent to get this at the top of the list. . . but check this out - according to ZeroPaid.com Sony's rootkit is in violation of the GNU LGPL! I guess they used LAME code in the rootkit without redistributing the code or putting in the copyright info that they used it!
What do you think would be the repercussions? Is it possible that Sony will be forced to open-source their rootkit - and that we'll see more rootkits like this, based on that source?
Man, MS is screwed now - an open-source Windows rootkit, freely available for all to see MS's security holes!
Although I sure hope it doesn't give open-source software a bad rap. . .
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Re:Price fixing?
well in america the states have already sued them once for doing this with CDs. august, 2000. the labels settled for $67.4 million. link.
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Re:Forensic Markers?
It's those red dots that flash in the middel of the screen, usually about 6 small dots in a grid pattern used to identify the distributor path of the film. Ever since I read about them a while ago they have plagued my moviegoing! Here's more.
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Fork of Limewire....
I don't know how they plan on doing this...considering Limewire is released under the GPL.
From
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The LimeWire source code can be obtained from the LimeWire open source
development site at www.limewire.org. The source code can be easily
accessed at: http://gui.limewire.org/servlets/ProjectSource.
Thank you for your interest in LimeWire!
-LimeWire Team
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The COPYING file in the same directory contains a copy of the GNU GPL v 2.
So, considering Limewire LLC doesn't own the copyrights to all of the work in the program, they cannot change the license terms on the other code. What is preventing a fork that still allows copyrighted material to be downloaded???
Limewire was forked once before http://www.zeropaid.com/news/923/Release:+FreeWire +2.4.0+out+now! so it can always happen again.
I think this is Limewire LLC's way of removing their own liability, even though they know Limewire will now get forked. I don't really blame them either. -
Re:Take that, Canucks
Hmmm, but make you wonder why is Canada even bothering then? Perhaps political pressure from the US?
http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/05/05/01/2038233.shtml ?tid=95&tid=17
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Re:So big brother will run on Linux...
if you don't like Big Brother, don't compile him..
Likely SuSE, RH et al will play the PlaySafe card in order to meet hw vendor obligations, and so will likely ship with the kind of DRM that prevents use of restrictively copyrighted media. Similarly, they will be fighting to be the first distro to support biometrics for laptops. If you don't like this sort of carry on, grab the kernel sources, RTFM and ensure the offending 'Y' is not in your
DRM is largely misunderstood anyway, while I don't support DRM as a model for protected media, DRM can be a valuable tool for securing a machine by specifiying what a user can and cannot do on that box.
Torvalds on this polemic matter said:
"Linux is an operating system, not a political movement, and people should ultimately be able to do what they want with it, he said.. This is why I refuse to disallow even the 'bad' kinds of uses--because not allowing them would automatically also mean that 'good' uses aren't allowed." -
Funny you should ask...
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report is bull----
The NPD report is bull----. Zeropaid sets the record straight.
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next generation link sites (new tech for edonkey)
read introduction:
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/5416/The+next+generat ion+of+link+sites/
and
watch the howto-video:
http://www.donkeydownloads.com/testvideo/Fun.html
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Re:So...
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Googling for "Tiger"
Okay, let's just say I am looking for the company that sells computer hardware and software and I know the name of the company is "Tiger something or other". So I search for "Tiger".
Now your hits may varry, but what I got was:
(0) Google "News results for tiger" - linking to three Apple OS X Tiger related articles but this doesn't really count since Tiger Direct wouldn't show up in News anyway.
(1) A link to 5 Tigers information center that is about live tigers
(2) Well what have we here? Tiger Direct - the #2 result after a website about real Tigers!!??!!
(3) Tiger Haven with more stuff about real tigers
(4) Finally, Apple's OS X Tiger website - in at number 4
In the top ten are also sites on Tiger Woods and - huh? Tiger Airways!!! Did someone's lawyers miss something here?
So let's try the search again, but this time with "Tiger Software"
(0) Google News links to two stories, both on Apple OS X Tiger
Oh here it is! This must be what has Tiger Direct's lawyers in a fuss:
(1) Tiger Direct!!!! Number one on the results!
(2) The Paper Tiger - SOFTWARE to organize something or other
(3) Somesite talking about TIGER software - but it isn't Apple's OS X Tiger - huh?
(4) Finally Zeropaid with a news bit about Apple OS X Tiger.
Well I must be out to lunch because the two most obviously offensive Google searches (to me anyway) came up empty.
Even searches like "buy tiger" come up with Tiger Woods, Tiger tables, some UK site not about Apple, and even an Amazon link in the top 5 but it is for selling Tiger Woods stuff, not OS X.
This lawsuit is stupid - has erased any hope of me ever buying from Tiger Direct, and is intended to drive traffic to TigerDirect.com so I suggest you don't go there unless you are going to complain. -
Re:Link to the patent application
they keep talking about Napster and Kazaa - nothing about anything that use hashes.
Kazaa does use hashes. Just not very well, as in, only the same parts of each file! Yes parts! They don't hash entire files, ever!
I looked at the patent regarding this and the detail from the above link seems to be off slightly from the patent, but regardless, Kazaa's use of hashes is broken. They obviously have no appreciation or understanding of the value of employing a strong hash properly. -
Re:They have cracked strong hashes, huh?
If they're referring to Kazaa, it's old news... Music industry uses vulnerability in Kazaa Hash Calculations.
If the filesize is below 300k, it hashes the entire file.
For filesizes above, it hashes the first 300k, skips 300k, and continues hashing blocks of 300k then skipping ever increasing amounts.
For a 3MB file (ok, 3000kb), it'll hash 1500k - do what the hell you like with the other 50%; you'll never know till you try to play it.Tellingly, ViralG's Testimonials page says The object was to stop piracy in the most popular P2P site Kazaa (Fasttrack)
They don't appear to mention any other P2P software anywhere on the site. -
Re:Not true....
We at
Allowing this story to remain on the front page ofExactly. Microsoft can easily sue
On behalf of all attentive Slashdot users...delete(this.thread); now.
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Re:Not true....
Why does
We at
Allowing this story to remain on the front page of
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Eh.
Even the poster of the picture in the very same thread says the picture is a fake.
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Re:Does anyone bother checking facts?
Also note that the author of this story is SharePro, the guy behind EarthStation 5. A man who lies, cheats, and resorts to underhanded tactics whenever he percieves a way ahead, including threatening a man's life (RandomNut, whom you may have known as the man behind K-Lite K++).
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Re:LokiTorrent
Yeah, because it isn't like they could fake the thing to get some easy cash and sympathy.
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Re:So...
According to comments on this article they've already tried to do so (banning lite clients)...
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Uhm... Why do they bother with eXeem at all?
Sure, it is much HYPED app. But I've yet to hear about how great it actually is. Who even said it will catch and deliver? Why eXeem lite and not X lite, when X can be any ad-sponsored program on ZeroPaid?
And while we on it. Why so many Slashdot articles on this? Promote it when eXeem is worth it. -
I thought it was rather heavy handedI thought that Dan O'Dowd's EE Times article was rather heavily pushing about why he felt Linux was inadequate for use in hard real-time applications, as if he was trying much too hard to argue the point.
I thought that he was trying too strongly to make the case that those that want to use Linux for real-time applications will not buy tools and those that want better performance for hard-real-time will not choose Linux.
It is also obvious that a general-purpose operating system is not going to work as well in a real-time environment as one specially designed for that purpose. It's the reason why, for example, if you are an organization that wants a system to break encryption keys fast, you build a special-purpose machine that includes hardware designed to do quick computations of prime numbers, not commodity hardware with lots of extra features you don't need and won't use, that slow down the primary purpose of breaking codes.
He seemed to be arguing the point far too strongly, as if he had a hidden agenda. Okay, presuming his argument is valid, so what if Linux as a general-purpose O/S is not as good at handling hard-real-time as a specially designed one? He could have argued that in about 1/5th of the space his article uses. What is also interesting is, despite all his talk about how bad Linux is, he seemed to ignore examples where Linux is considered good enough for real-time use in many cases, and was unable to mention any alternative which might be better, such as some open-source alternatives that have been mentioned here on Slashdot.
I had a suspicion but I wasn't sure. And now it's clear: his company sells real-time operating systems in competition with Linux. So he claims Linux is not good enough. Where have we heard this before?
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Right.
Yes, we all know Mac users pay for all their software, that's why there doesn't exist any Warez bittorrent or any mac-warez on p2p networks and there are absolutely no p2p clients for the mac.
Those GNU/Linux users are just filthy thieves, unlike the honest Mac and especially Windows users as we all know. If it wasn't for GNU/Linux, p2p would not be a problem in today's world.
How about comparing the amount of Warez on an average Windows user's machine to that found on the average GNU/Linux user. I doubt you'd find that the Windows users would have the moral high ground and I don't really see any evidence suggesting that the Mac users would be any better.
Some Linux users actually make the switch because they don't want to use warez, others do it for philosophical reasons. In any case, you're always going to be in a very weak position when it comes to infringing copyright because the vast majority of the software you can use on GNU/Linux is Free.
I very much doubt anyone feeling he doesn't need to pay for software will feel inclined to switch to a free operating system where there will be fewer titles to choose from when he can just as easily copy the latest-and-greatest version of Windows (or OS X as that may be). -
Re:Now might be the time for ANts
I do know currently ftp is the king of distributing open source software. However if you look into the future based on events such as this http://www.scene.org/showforum.php?forum=5&topic=
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and http://www.zeropaid.com/news/articles/auto/0826200 3l.php
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Re:An explanation of the 2 networks history:
And eDonkey far exceeds Kazaa with these features:
Hashing (fingerprinting, prevents fake files)
Come on, let's be fair and mention that Kazaa does have a "hash" that can be used in sig2dat links... even though the implementation may be pathetic. -
Re:Six Figures?I'd say one could compare spam to P2P music downloading.
When Napster became big, the RIAA shut it down. But then 3 more P2P apps popped up to fill that void. Then the RIAA tried to shut them down. Rinse and repeat, there's now 64 different filesharing apps just for Windows.
Now look at spam. Every time the FTC or whatever government agency shuts down a spammer, how many more will pop up to fill the void?
Free music or free money. There's a risk with both -- getting sued by the RIAA or having the Federal government on your ass.
What we really need to do is figgure out how to make it so that spam isn't profitable. Ever.
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Re:Once again, protest with your money
It's easy to say boycott all RIAA label music, but there's a balancing act you have to do here. For every sellout like Metallica suing their fans on Napster, there are lots of bands out there fucking with The Man like:
- Korn's Y'all Want A Single? video where they smashed up a record store. Ironically their anti-single became so popular it's one of the singles now. I'm not sure if they played it on MTV yet though.
- Offspring wanted to post their whole Americana CD on their website, but their label shut them down. They ended up posting one track. And who could forget them selling Napster logo caps and t-shirts (without permission) from their website?
- After fulfilling their recording contract the Smashing Pumpkins gave away their last album (a few hundred vinyl pressings to friends) with instructions to share it with the world.
- Many singers and bands like Bono, Public Enemy and Moby have said they don't mind fans sharing their music for free.
I know that supporting major label artists is supporting the RIAA lawsuits, but there's a more important issue here. The popularity of a major label recording contract is an unbeatable soapbox for getting the message out. The fact that anti-establishment acts sell mean the record labels won't stop selling them, at least until Clear Channel takes over the other 60% of radio. -
Yay!Fun place to start, and explore, P2P:
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Re:Canada, too!Actually, Puretracks (note: won't work unless you're on Windows IE, or change your User Agent) sells tracks for $0.99 CAD. If there's anything the recording industry has taught us, price is all about charging as much as they can get away with. Because 99 cents comes right before the one dollar psychological barrier, they'll likely sell a lot better than if they were over a buck.
Plus, remember that the legality of file sharing is very much in limbo here, so Canadians can be a little more fearless about downloading for free.
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It's NOT ANONYMOUS Filesharing ! Try these !
Quit using Kazaa or you'll get busted! The Mpa is living on that network. Try Imesh or ES5 !
Check these links.
Article about Anonymous Filesharing.
Some more program links
Mute program
Gnu filesharing
EarthStation5
Stop the Mpaa ! We have a right to checkout software before we buy.
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Re:Back me up on "backing up"
My point is that the MPAA is trying to attack the can when they should be focusing on the may. Technology is not the problem. Even if the MPAA could have every DVD ripping and copying program in the world banned tomorrow, it would have absolutely NO effect on piracy, because the people who really pirate run off tens of thousands of copies using the exact same technology as legitimate publishers in countries where they are effectively beyond the reach of the law. In Russia, where nine out of ten copies of a DVD are pirates, the movie studios drop their prices to 10$ a DVD to compete, whereas in the US, where probably far less than one copy out of ten is pirated, the MPAA spends time and energy trying to stop people from making personal copies of the DVDs they BOUGHT for 20$ to 30$.
wtf?
The MPAA needs to stop running around like chicken little, crying about technology ennabling people to do things they don't approve of, because that's a given and they aren't going to get anywhere with it - instead, it's time to screw on the thinking caps and figure out how to make money in the new technology world.
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First 10 for Windows
The Bat! - An Email client
ZoomPlayer - A video player
FlashFXP - an FTP client.
UltraEdit - A text editor
PuTTY - A Telnet/SSH client
Yahoo Messenger - An IM program
Kazaa Lite - To get even more stuff
BitTorrent - A BT Client
Google Toolbar - A toolbar for IE to use google easily and quickly
ACDSee - An image viewer
