On Mar 6, Karlo FREEMAN wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>| had Metallica files labeled Mozart's 5th symphony - they'd show up."
>But | the searcher would have to KNOW that Metallica was all renamed
>Mozart.
>I heard in an IRC chat room this morning that according to "Slashdot"
>there is an effort afoot to disguise names by listing them in igpagy
>atinLay. I didn't read it myself, so this may just be a canard.
Well this is true somewhat. Seems that another file-sharing app called
Aimster has released a plugin that scrambles the filenames into pig
latin.
Even better is that Aimster is using the dreaded DMCA to it's advantage
- Under the terms of the DMCA it is illegal to attempt to break the
encryption of software, etc, and any attempt by the RIAA and such to
filter for the pig latin would constitute such an attempt... So to break
the usage of pig latin filenames, the RIAA would have to violate the
very law that they wrote and pushed into law <g>
I personally don't think that the RIAA can win this battle in the end.
Even if they nail Napster, there'd be Gnutella, then Aimster, etc. Added
to that is the extensive network of alternative Napster servers.
And when they kill one, another will pop up, then another. And even if
they encrypt MP3s or something, some smart user will ALWAYS find some
way to defeat it. It's basically the RIAA vs many millions of users, and
the RIAA is profoundly outnumbered, outgunned, and out-brainpowered.
Let's not forget that the very users that the RIAA is trying to swat are
the people who go out and buy music CDs, and listen to the songs on the
radio, etc. By alienating and pissing off these people, they're only
shooting themselves in the feet (read "cutting off their heads to spite
their noses").
In the end, we'll see if the record industry wins by assaulting and
alienating it's revenue sources. I'd bet cash it won't. :)
-=Brian L. Johnson, blj8.com=-
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