RIAA wet dreams! Forget the fractal mapping pr0n. The main issue is the ability to track the flow of copyrighted material through a dynamically reconfiguring network space. I can see the RIAA jumping on this as a paractical means to make a few examples of some large-scale end-user pirates.
Don't think the RIAA isn't stupid enough to go after some end users. It just hasn't been practical so far to get evidence. Now they can point to P2P traffic maps as probable cause.
Contemporary authors who will still be read 50 years hence:
Vonnegut
Pynchon
Pratchett
Adams
Seuss
Asimov
Heinlein
Clarke
Rand
Ones who will drop from sight over time:
Stephenson
King
Herbert
Hawking
plus all the great but obscure SF writers that would get mentioned only on a/. list - 50 years is a ong time for tastes to change, especially for niche artists. There's no justice or accounting for mass tastes.
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Don't think the RIAA isn't stupid enough to go after some end users. It just hasn't been practical so far to get evidence. Now they can point to P2P traffic maps as probable cause.
Contemporary authors who will still be read 50 years hence: Vonnegut Pynchon Pratchett Adams Seuss Asimov Heinlein Clarke Rand Ones who will drop from sight over time: Stephenson King Herbert Hawking plus all the great but obscure SF writers that would get mentioned only on a /. list - 50 years is a ong time for tastes to change, especially for niche artists. There's no justice or accounting for mass tastes.