Well, the guys from RIAA are having another stab at it again. I can only wonder when those pour souls will stop trying...

lol!! yea i wonder that myself too

where does it mention anything about DC hubs?

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Originally posted by wookieslut where does it mention anything about DC hubs?

i actually wonder how many people have read that article

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After flipping from page one directly to the last page (like I always do ) I hope this helps:

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...the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) today filed lawsuits against the operators of four Napster-like internal campus networks that illegally distribute millions of copyrighted songs.

They quote that they have not filed a lawsuit against DC but against people who operate "Napster-like" networks on their campus.

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The perpetrators of these internal Napster networks named in the suits filed by the RIAA make use of software known variously as Flatlan, Phynd or Direct Connect.

The people who operated these networks used at least one DC Hub.

Here`s my two cents:

Since the day I found out how DC Hubs work I knew that this would be the final way to swap illegal files. Decentralized networks that can run on every PC out there. How would you ever stop this? This is unstoppable since you can`t shut down central servers like with Napster or AG.

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Originally posted by Sir. Lunchalot Since the day I found out how DC Hubs work I knew that this would be the final way to swap illegal files. Decentralized networks that can run on every PC out there. How would you ever stop this? This is unstoppable since you can`t shut down central servers like with Napster or AG.

it could be stoped by the isp's banning p2p software on their service......

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Originally posted by jonsimmonds it could be stoped by the isp's banning p2p software on their service......

lets not give them any ideas!!

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Originally posted by jonsimmonds it could be stoped by the isp's banning p2p software on their service......

ISP banning won't happen anytime soon - that's way too big of a fish with plenty of complications. Too many legalities.

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Originally posted by jonsimmonds it could be stoped by the isp's banning p2p software on their service......

how would they do that? there'll always be a loophole somewhere..


and jeez, people, why are you getting so worked up about this? let me repeat, it will not affect the EMC hub, cuz
1. they don't have a central server to shut down, so they'd have to go after individual hubs, EMC in our case (and oldo's essentials too, but that's another case)
2. they don't know EMC exists
3. even if they did, they don't know the ip


now, what could be potentially dangerous, is that RIAA could go suing ISPs so that they in turn would get anal on their customers for sharing mp3s and hosting hubs... but that's a risky case, because many ISPs, broadband in particular, depend on the users who download and share files. yet ISPs are pretty powerful too and have their own expensive lawyers to fight back, because for them file sharing = business.

what they COULD theoretically do (and what actually is true with some broadband ISPs in the former USSR, AFAIK), is CHARGE customers for the amount of data they download / upload. i really doubt that would ever happen in the US, but that's the case in Russia and Ukraine and i think it's working pretty well.

not that i'm giving anyone any ideas, i'm on 56k

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Originally posted by MisterOpus1 ISP banning won't happen anytime soon - that's way too big of a fish with plenty of complications. Too many legalities.

Actually, in Finland some ISP's have already done this.

Needless to say they've been losing their clients ever since.

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RIAA might as well target every kind of network in existance.

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