Secret Networks Protect Music Swappers
from the CNN-discovers-WASTE dept
There have been plenty of articles about more anonymous file sharing networks, and now CNN has written their article about it. They focus on private networks, such as those using Waste, the released and then denied product from Justin Frankel at AOL. What's odd is that the article seems to focus on the encryption part of the networks to keep them safe from the RIAA subpoena squads, when the more interesting thing is that these networks are private. That is, only a limited number of people are on them, and you can't get on them unless you know about them - which should help to keep RIAA scanners out. Yet another example of ways that consumers will route around the entertainment industry anytime they try to crack down.
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time to check out waste by e g on Jul 29th, 2003 @ 9:31pm
IRC is not mentioned. Simple and effective file sharing. Kind of a private network for filesharing.
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No Subject Given by Anonymous Coward on Jul 30th, 2003 @ 6:35am
People are over reacting to Waste. Especially when you consider that file sharing is not even it's main application. Try again Mike.
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Private by Anonymous Coward on Jul 30th, 2003 @ 8:00am
What keeps the networks private IS their encryption. These swapping nodes are on still on the internet, why don't you believe they could be discovered?
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Re: No Subject Given by Mike on Jul 30th, 2003 @ 8:45am
People are over reacting to Waste. Especially when you consider that file sharing is not even it's main application. Try again Mike.
But people are using it for file sharing.
I agree that you can do a lot more with it, and people are, but there are some who use it as a private file sharing network.
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Re: Private by Mike on Jul 30th, 2003 @ 8:46am
What keeps the networks private IS their encryption. These swapping nodes are on still on the internet, why don't you believe they could be discovered?
But it's not like Kazaa or the other "file sharing networks" out there where the clients are all designed to find each other. Waste is designed so that you can only connect with those you know about. Then the encryption is used to keep what happens over that connection quiet.
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Re: No Subject Given by Jack Ass on Jul 30th, 2003 @ 9:35am
But people are using it for file sharing. I agree that you can do a lot more with it, and people are, but there are some who use it as a private file sharing network.
Right, but since it's not anywhere close to as easy as Kazaa or Napster, I don't see it becoming a mainstream issue. And if it's not mainstream, why is the music industry even wasting their time paying attention to it?
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Re: No Subject Given by Mike on Jul 30th, 2003 @ 9:44am
Right, but since it's not anywhere close to as easy as Kazaa or Napster, I don't see it becoming a mainstream issue. And if it's not mainstream, why is the music industry even wasting their time paying attention to it?
Actually, I don't think the music industry is paying attention to it. I think CNN is. ;)
Besides, while it may not be as easy to use or as mainstream now that doesn't mean it won't be in the future.
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Re: CNN is by Anonymous Coward on Jul 30th, 2003 @ 2:01pm
Actually, I don't think the music industry is paying attention to it. I think CNN is. ;)
Funny thing is, CNN is AOL / Time Warner.. and technically IS part of the music industry.
I guess it's another case of the right hand not knowing about the left hand's goings on.
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