Except that is probably bullshit to copyright lawyers
The goal of this system is not to invalidate copyright law. In fact copyright law is part of the show.
Every binary file is a number. Let's say 13 is a copyrighted movie. Now the MPAA may take you to court for sharing 82, claiming that it is an encrypted version of 13. But in order to prove that 82 = 13 + 69, they need to find 69, which is another random number stored on someone else's computer. 82, on the other hand, may also be 37, a collection of your own private photos, encrypted with random number 45, which in turn is an encrypted version of 21. And so on.
It's impossible to tell which of the random numbers actually represents 13, the copyrighted movie. And the MPAA itself may need to infringe copyrights in dozens of cases before it even gets to the point of suing anyone in particular, because obviously it cannot just claim exclusive ownership of every random number.
On the other hand the person sharing 82 can plausibly deny possession of 13. Since it is impossible to locate 13 in the pool of random numbers, it is also impossible to tell who injected it in the first place.
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Except that is probably bullshit to copyright lawyers
The goal of this system is not to invalidate copyright law. In fact copyright law is part of the show.
Every binary file is a number. Let's say 13 is a copyrighted movie. Now the MPAA may take you to court for sharing 82, claiming that it is an encrypted version of 13. But in order to prove that 82 = 13 + 69, they need to find 69, which is another random number stored on someone else's computer. 82, on the other hand, may also be 37, a collection of your own private photos, encrypted with random number 45, which in turn is an encrypted version of 21. And so on.
It's impossible to tell which of the random numbers actually represents 13, the copyrighted movie. And the MPAA itself may need to infringe copyrights in dozens of cases before it even gets to the point of suing anyone in particular, because obviously it cannot just claim exclusive ownership of every random number.
On the other hand the person sharing 82 can plausibly deny possession of 13. Since it is impossible to locate 13 in the pool of random numbers, it is also impossible to tell who injected it in the first place.