I usually never start more than one topic in a month - if that - so this, being my third topic in less than two-weeks, is kind of new territory for me. Nonetheless, at the risk of looking like an attention hog, I will proceed to post this information I'd like to share and that I feel is important.
The creator of Bittorent has sold out to the MPAA, but was he justified or pressured into blocking links to known pirate sites? From what I've heard, Bram Cohen is a strong advocate of file sharing and freedom of rights, however after several lawsuits against Bittorent, I can't help but feel Bram was coerced into this contract deal with the MPAA.
What does that mean for the little guy? Not much in terms of what you download or where you download from, however IMO this is the first step in squashing our rights with file-sharing. Remember when Kazaa sold out and started charging for it's music downloads? Sure it's different because they hosted a centralized tracker, but the media industry has been searching for a crack in Bittorents wall with which they can inject their own schemes to make money. With Bittorent being the largest P2P software used worldwide, it's no wonder so many agencies are scrambling to sue Bittorent!
This will be the decade our liberal rights took a dive, from Homeland Security, to P2P monitoring, to stipulations on having children in Indiana, etc. All your rights are belong to us!
The creator of Bittorent has sold out to the MPAA, but was he justified or pressured into blocking links to known pirate sites? From what I've heard, Bram Cohen is a strong advocate of file sharing and freedom of rights, however after several lawsuits against Bittorent, I can't help but feel Bram was coerced into this contract deal with the MPAA.
What does that mean for the little guy? Not much in terms of what you download or where you download from, however IMO this is the first step in squashing our rights with file-sharing. Remember when Kazaa sold out and started charging for it's music downloads? Sure it's different because they hosted a centralized tracker, but the media industry has been searching for a crack in Bittorents wall with which they can inject their own schemes to make money. With Bittorent being the largest P2P software used worldwide, it's no wonder so many agencies are scrambling to sue Bittorent!
This will be the decade our liberal rights took a dive, from Homeland Security, to P2P monitoring, to stipulations on having children in Indiana, etc. All your rights are belong to us!
"The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self." -Albert Einsetin