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Professor and Student Thwart P2P File Sharing
Digitus1337 writes "Wired has the story. 'A computer science professor and graduate student have been awarded a patent for a method of thwarting illegal file sharing on peer-to-peer networks by flooding the network with bogus files that look like pirated music.' This raises the question of whether or not companies that are already using such techniques are in violation of the new patent. Good news for subscription services?"
Now I know who to sue for permanent hearing loss from those annoying shrieks and beeps in those decoy files. Maybe I'll send them a nice Beach Boys CD filled with brown noise...
1. Invent product
2. Deploy into market
3. Product becomes obsolete
4. Patent awarded
we will be happy to allow you to license our patent to continue your technology-based counter-p2p operations.... for ONE BILLION DOLLARS!" [touch pinkie to corner of mouth, for added effect]
It's a technology for p2p Haters, therefore we shall call it "Preparation-H"! Because it's good on the whole.
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
From the article It's like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Much like legitimate email in our inboxes.
To-do List: Receive telemarketing call during a tornado warning. Check.
>You can't trust anyone in a true P2P network.
Man oh man... what is the world coming to when you can't trust anonymous criminals anymore?
Translating "all your base are belong to us" into Latin is surely some kind of punishable crime :).
One CPU cycle wasted on digital restrictions management is ONE TOO MANY.