Comments on: P2P and Me2Me http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2004/10/26/p2p-and-me2me/ by Derek Slater Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:07:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: matt http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2004/10/26/p2p-and-me2me/comment-page-1/#comment-4600 matt Sun, 21 Nov 2004 07:33:17 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2004/10/26/p2p-and-me2me/#comment-4600 <a></a> EDIT of the above post: 1. Regarding my "nutshell", the other option is to simply sue every downloader individually. 2. Regarding the solution to DVD piracy of the next DVD standard, the following quote should have the word "not" inserted into it... - "The only, ONLY, solution to film piracy is to create a format where there will **NOT** be PC reader/writer for the format"

EDIT of the above post:

1. Regarding my “nutshell”, the other option is to simply sue every downloader individually.

2. Regarding the solution to DVD piracy of the next DVD standard, the following quote should have the word “not” inserted into it… – “The only, ONLY, solution to film piracy is to create a format where there will **NOT** be PC reader/writer for the format”

]]> By: matt http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2004/10/26/p2p-and-me2me/comment-page-1/#comment-4599 matt Sun, 21 Nov 2004 07:27:19 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2004/10/26/p2p-and-me2me/#comment-4599 <a></a> Look. Someone needs to call up his congressmen and tell him the real problem, and that the induce act is not the solution. First, the induce act will solve nothing. P2P apps are not necessarily created in the USA. So unless every country in the world outlaws P2P apps, nothing will be solved. Further, even if the induce act is passed, and the creator of say Kaaza is jailed... then what? The service is still hosted overseas, which goes to the second point. Second, Kaaza is a problem yes but that's the old technology. The NEW technology is Bittorrent. It's much faster than Kaaza. Much easier to use. No spyware. No adds. But the major bittorrent sites are not hosted in the USA. They are hosted in countries where it is perfectly legal to run a bittorrent site. So could someone explain to me how the induce act, or any act by congress will help? Nutshell: the US government cannot fix the P2P problem. The only way to fix the problem is for the industry being affected to re-think it's distribution method and model. And somewhat off topic. Know what I find hilarious? With the MPAA up in arms about DVD piracy, do you know what they are doing? They are getting ready to formalize the next DVD standard - either BlueRay or HD-DVD. The funny part is, they are still trying to use "encryption" in these new techs to solve the piracy problem. Why can't they understand that encryption will ALWAYS be cracked. The only, ONLY, solution to film piracy is to create a format where there will be PC reader/writer for the format. The perfect example is with the video game system GameCube. Because it uses proprietary discs, and no reader/writer for the computer exists, it is the perfect solution and has been for the past 3-4 years since the average user cannot produce bootlegs of the games.

Look. Someone needs to call up his congressmen and tell him the real problem, and that the induce act is not the solution.

First, the induce act will solve nothing. P2P apps are not necessarily created in the USA. So unless every country in the world outlaws P2P apps, nothing will be solved. Further, even if the induce act is passed, and the creator of say Kaaza is jailed… then what? The service is still hosted overseas, which goes to the second point.

Second, Kaaza is a problem yes but that’s the old technology. The NEW technology is Bittorrent. It’s much faster than Kaaza. Much easier to use. No spyware. No adds. But the major bittorrent sites are not hosted in the USA. They are hosted in countries where it is perfectly legal to run a bittorrent site. So could someone explain to me how the induce act, or any act by congress will help?

Nutshell: the US government cannot fix the P2P problem. The only way to fix the problem is for the industry being affected to re-think it’s distribution method and model.

And somewhat off topic. Know what I find hilarious? With the MPAA up in arms about DVD piracy, do you know what they are doing? They are getting ready to formalize the next DVD standard – either BlueRay or HD-DVD. The funny part is, they are still trying to use “encryption” in these new techs to solve the piracy problem. Why can’t they understand that encryption will ALWAYS be cracked. The only, ONLY, solution to film piracy is to create a format where there will be PC reader/writer for the format. The perfect example is with the video game system GameCube. Because it uses proprietary discs, and no reader/writer for the computer exists, it is the perfect solution and has been for the past 3-4 years since the average user cannot produce bootlegs of the games.

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