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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. here are their emails, tell them what you think! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    >>University of Tulsa professor John Hale and doctoral student Gavin Manes are working with the university to commercialize the invention and market it to record labels, movie studios and software companies.

    This is disgusting. Here are their email address. Everyone: tell them what you think!

    john-hale@utulsa.edu, gavin-manes@utulsa.edu

  2. Picture of the dick by NineNine · · Score: 0, Troll

    Here is a picture of the dick doing this. Looks like he's pretty bitter about not getting laid. That'd explain everything.