evolution in action (Re: Napster)

[Roland Perry]

In message <Pine.LNX.4.43.0209050122370.6239-100000@amaterasu.srvr.nix>,
Kieran <kieran@esperi.demon.co.uk> writes

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

How do these address the 'analogue hole'?

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

Well, we have the Berman Bill which is an attempt to use technology to
take out individual p2p servers, something which the existing law [1]
could also do, but for a scaling problem. Ironically, both the actions
of the individual p2p customers and those of a Berman vigilante are
probably against ISP AUPs...

[1] Take-down notices to ISPs against persistent offenders, and
copyright cases against the individuals.
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