I am not encouraging privacy, but looking at their solution objectively:
The problem with the project is that it is trying to achieve a "virus"-like state. In other words, they only real way it could have an affect is if it spread from person A to person B, and then person C downloaded off person B, D off C etc. This is the affect the creator is ideally trying to achieve. The reason it would not succeed in this affect is that the users (lets say, B) will simply download and listen to the song off person A, and then delete it when it's not what is expected. Preventing the spread of the file to C, D and anybody else.
So there is only ever a very few points of spread, and this number never increases. Chances are, if you search for a song that has been "egged", about 1 in 3000 or even less will happen to find the site this person has set up, and will get the egged song. The rest will succeed in downloading what they were looking for.
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Make that "piracy" :P I am totally 150% for privacy.
I am not encouraging privacy, but looking at their solution objectively:
The problem with the project is that it is trying to achieve a "virus"-like state. In other words, they only real way it could have an affect is if it spread from person A to person B, and then person C downloaded off person B, D off C etc. This is the affect the creator is ideally trying to achieve. The reason it would not succeed in this affect is that the users (lets say, B) will simply download and listen to the song off person A, and then delete it when it's not what is expected. Preventing the spread of the file to C, D and anybody else.
So there is only ever a very few points of spread, and this number never increases. Chances are, if you search for a song that has been "egged", about 1 in 3000 or even less will happen to find the site this person has set up, and will get the egged song. The rest will succeed in downloading what they were looking for.