P2P techs have been revolutionary, almost no one would claim the contrary, but they are nascent still. They lack features for the management of trust. Not that this has been lacking in developers imagination and efforts. Soulseek, for one, was developed around the concept of stablishing links between people of commom interest and letting this bound built trust among peers. But, while copyright legal infrastructure continues to trow its menacing clout on P2P, it will be almost impossible to built real trust, because we cannot establish real identity. If one cannot know how his is relating to, he cannot trust this individual. Open arenas as present P2p shemes presents are not competing for trust but for the hability to deliver efficient cover up against RIAA.
(please forgive for redundancy or faults in style, as this is my first post around here)
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P2P techs have been revolutionary, almost no one would claim the contrary, but they are nascent still. They lack features for the management of trust. Not that this has been lacking in developers imagination and efforts. Soulseek, for one, was developed around the concept of stablishing links between people of commom interest and letting this bound built trust among peers. But, while copyright legal infrastructure continues to trow its menacing clout on P2P, it will be almost impossible to built real trust, because we cannot establish real identity. If one cannot know how his is relating to, he cannot trust this individual. Open arenas as present P2p shemes presents are not competing for trust but for the hability to deliver efficient cover up against RIAA. (please forgive for redundancy or faults in style, as this is my first post around here)