evolution in action (Re: Napster)

[Kieran]

On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, John R T Brazier wrote:

> I'm glad that you are so sanguine in the face of new combinations of
> technologies such as Palladium and the legal underpinnings that they co-opt
> or depend on. However, I hope you are right: the wooden goddess Pallas (the
> origin of Palladium) was the protectress of Troy. I await in expectation
> that she will protect Microsoft (and its collaborators) as well as she did
> that ancient city.
>
The point is that file sharing has moved beyond Napster.  Napster
actually tried to compromise with the record companies and they
responded by strangling it.  It responded badly to the environment (by
trying to make deals with the predators) instead of trying to create
defences.

Whether the other p2p technologies disappear will be decided in the
smoke-filled rooms where lobbyists buy^W advise on legislation.

Can you tell that palladium and son-of-SSSCA scares the hell out of me?

Regards

Kieran