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Kazaa Founder Wants Us To Find "Legitimate" Files

Posted by timothy on from the how-very-thoughtful-to-take-notice dept.

Just because I'm an writes "The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Kevin Bermeister and Michael Speck have been developing technology to return search results on file sharing programs that point to pay-for content from the copyright holders. The article reports that there are trials planned for Australian ISPs, with interest from elsewhere on the globe."

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  1. Re:"legitimate" != "paid for" by Emb3rz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Please mod parent flamebait..

  2. Re:"legitimate" != "paid for" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Because if it's really flamebait, why would the mods need Emb3rz to point that out? Does he assume that they don't know how to moderate or that they don't know what the guidelines are? Should mods automatically carry out the requests of people who assume that they are incompetent? That's why I think Emb3rz's request is off-topic -- it is completely unnecessary and contributes nothing to the discussion, not to mention it feeds a troll.

    Not to mention, you honestly (in your heart of hearts) don't detect just a little fanboyism in Emb3rz's request? Nothing along the lines of "hey, that's my guy you're making fun of! He's popular among me, you know!"? Really, you don't detect that at all? Is that the basis for a good, solid moderation system? The way I see it, the entire reason why you have moderation guidelines is to avoid just this sort of popularity-contest mentality and the influences (obvious or subtle as in this case) that it can have. Despite popular opinion, "Flamebait" and "he wasn't very nice" are emphatically NOT the same thing, nor should they be.