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Finnish Firm Claims Fake P2P Hash Technology

Posted by timothy on from the spy-vs.-spy-isn't-even-to-frame-2-yet dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As reported by The Inquirer, a Finnish company known as Viralg Oy claim to have developed software that can create a junk file with the same hash as a genuine p2p download. This, according to the company, can altogether stop the sharing of copywritten files by flooding p2p networks with corrupt/junk data, which then spreads through the network, causing less and less of the original file to be available. However, with the resolve of the p2p userbase, is this software really going to 'beat all Peer 2 Peer pirates at their own game,' or simply prove a minor annoyance?"

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  1. *sigh* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    *cue comment about "omg guyz trading copyrighted files is not stealing lol becuz no fizicul goodz actually get taken lol!!"*

  2. That sig is from diskworld, isn't it? by crovira · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Or are you the actual 'AI engine' and someone has stolen your ant farm?

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    1. Re:That sig is from diskworld, isn't it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Mod Parent and Grand-Parent off topic

  3. Slyck Reported on this first... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It should be noted that Slyck reported on this first:

    http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=750