October 26, 2004
P2P and Me2Me
Check out Jason’s post on what broader effects INDUCE might have, along with two follow-ups. I’m not sure if this is the only reason that they wouldn’t write a narrow definition based on protocols – after all, the law would simply encourage people to create a new protocol. What’s more, as Felten has discussed, it’s difficult to write a bill narrowly focused at P2P without impacting anything else. Regardless, Jason’s point is well-taken – INDUCE, to varying degrees in its numerous incarnations, was seemingly focused at covering any technology around today or in the future that annoyed any copyright owner for any reason whatsoever. For some, Me2Me is such a nuisance
Filed by Derek Slater at 10:24 am under General news
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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.
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”