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Professor and Student Thwart P2P File Sharing

Posted by timothy on from the oh-the-humanity dept.

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?"

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  1. Re:Great! by TheOnlyCoolTim · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You are funny. "Our bodies have learned to adapt to that, not to nuclear radiation."

    Tim

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    Omnia vestra castrorum habetur nobis.
  2. In reply to your sig ... by magefile · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    that says, post humously != post humorously, you do realize that posthumously means after death? As in, a way of retaining even more than AC-level anonymity?

    I think I need my humor checked.