P2P Filesharing vs. The Web

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Posted by michael on Friday September 19, 2003 @11:25AM from the inculcating-values dept.

The Importance of writes "The recent RIAA lawsuits have raised many questions and issues, but the focus has been on P2P filesharing. Before there was P2P, though, there was filesharing via webservers. There doesn't seem to be much complaint about the RIAA shutting down people who upload MP3s to their homepage. Why do many people seem to treat http filesharing different than P2P filesharing? LawMeme has one answer."

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2nd post by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-19 11:27 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Arrr! This post brought to you by we piratey folk.
It's not /.'d by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-19 11:33 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Uh its not /.'d, bet its fake? :P
Peer-2-Peer...more like ...bdugh TIMMAH! by BOOTSTRAPS · 2003-09-19 11:36 · Score: 0, Offtopic

peer-to-peer SUCKS these days. I don't use it. It sure is a good thing a lil' program called 'bittorrent' came out! whew, that was a close shave!

bdugh

if you think im serious u really...need...to...get out more man...

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Re:Pretty weak comparison by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-19 11:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Welcome to Slashdot. Aren't you glad you chose to read this Yippie dribble instead of going somewhere else where people have brains and actually use them?
Re:People dont share much anymore by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-19 11:56 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Are you new to the Internet?
Re:Okay. by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-19 11:56 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Obese people often have trouble typing, and this can also lead to misspelled words. This is known as "fatfingering."

You must be pretty fat if when you hit the 'a' key you also hit the 'i' key with the same finger. May I suggest a typing wand?
Feeling mature today by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-19 12:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

May I borrow your penis? No chance of hitting more than one key there.
Lobbing the lobby by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-19 12:02 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Packages offered through my ISP- example-prepaid slashdot membership (no fee recieved until an individual signs up). Gamespy accounts, file front etc...antivirus-gaming services. Free trials as new offers arrive. Issues like security, refunds, etc. can all be done on the ISP side of things for agreeable businesses.

Giving a 100 dollar deposit to be held by my ISP for puchases is a possibility, maybe in concert with pay pal or the like. The ISP is a nice choke point, it is going to be used someday. I'd rather have it used for something that is to my benifit. Doing so has a good probability to reveal a more stable capitalist structure that right now isn't apparent. Plus(-note, trademark), it doesn't use my ISP account as a debit account.

Win I would do an exe thing on the desktop thing, html thing, shockwave thing. Almost the portal idea. With linux users it's easier because many are a bit more savy and bells and whistles are annoying.

Bored and Drunk. and canadasucks
Let's take this down a notch: by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-19 12:04 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Your mom is so fat...oh, fuck it. nevermind. Anyway, get ready for a mod bomb and the 3 day posting ban that will surely follow.
proverb by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-19 12:19 · Score: -1, Offtopic

what is your favorite proverb?