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The fact of the matter is, no matter what your take on the sharing of music across the internet, it's here to stay and by association, so are the lawsuits. So here's another twist for the BPI/RIAA to deal with...
Irish programmer Ian Clarke, 28, is currently perfecting a p2p network that's almost invisible and untrackable by the various recording industry governing bodies. Based around the idea of a trusting community, so called 'darknets' will enable a network that is invite-only, requiring people to be explicitly added to gain access to the resources of a file-sharing network, therefore camouflaging the users and the files shared from those who are most likely to press scary lawsuits.
DiScuss: Whichever side of the fence you sit, darknets make for interesting discussion - where do you stand? Find any great stuff via p2p of late?
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FUCKING HELL RUN TO THE HILLS...!
GIANT ALIEN COMPUTERS ARE INVADING...!
WITH LASER BEAMS AND SHIIIIIT...! -
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ITS MELTED MY F*KING CAT! ARGHHHH
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Calm down dear, it's only a diagram.
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It looks like that final challenge off that 80s BBC2 program the adventure game. I just want to know where the grumbling plant has gone. -
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hahaha,
you mean the adventure game!
I like Divers reaction, maybe these darknets will
create somekind of TERMINATOR type situation
that indeed results in five identical desktop PC's
zappin the earth....or something. -
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long live file sharing!!! I was on NME.com the other day (for festival news and nothing else) and a story caught my eye, not reported on here, that a study shows that illegal downloaders actually buy much more music than others...so FUCK OFF.
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mmm, an elitist p2p program. my prayers have been answered. -
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this is soooo true when you think about it cos loads of people investigate bands through file sharing and then buy the album etc its just another form of advertising really and music companies should be glad people do it rather than choosing not to buy a cd at all for fear of not liking it -
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Is that the star of david or a pagan star lurking behind the earth? either way I think this means something. Darknet is only avaliable to jews and pagans? heard any rumours of wars anyone? maybe Y2k is 4real? -
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What annoys me more is the industry's inevitable attempt to take the idea of downloads and use it to make money i.e. 79p a download on itunes or whatever.
I don't download because I don't know how *blush* but if I did, I wouldn't download something for 79p when I could get it for nothing. -
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file-sharing will always been around thanks to mp3blogs, god bless 'em. they're a saving grace for uni types who's networks dont allow p2p. -
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exactley :D -
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I've stopped p2peeing (ho hum) quite recently. But the study was right. I used to download one or two songs by an artist. If I liked the songs I would go out and buy a CD - i.e. something that actually exists. Somehow it feels wrong paying for something that only exists on my comps hard drive. What happens if my computer experiences death (as it did quite recently)? All my downloaded albums which i payed for in (electronic) money would dissapear. Would I get a refund? I think not. -
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Au contraire: it's a PENTAGRAM! -
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iv found some of my favourite bands through downloading, and must admit that iv bought cd's since i started downloading, although about the same amount as before. -
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OOOOOH
I want an invite, don't tell me you have to be a seven foot Swedish blonde lapdancer called Svetlanka to join.
*ahem*
p2p file sharing, bad, bad! BAD!!!!one!!!
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Downloading is killing the music industry....
...good fcuking riddance! -
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If i didnt download music before i bought it, i wouldnt have ever spent money on bands like Futureheads, Mates Of State or built To spill.
It's those who dont buy music who need a slap round the head! P2p will never die muhahaha! -
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Let's not start. -
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What i dont understand is how it is still cheaper to buy a CD from an online retailer than it is to obtain the album from the legal p2p sources.I think they have always been fighting an uphill battle and i dont believe the lawsuits deter that many people,they just move on to the newer,safer alternatives. -
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Yeah, I'd never pay for a download when I could buy the cd - even if the download was cheaper. Which it's usually not, cos the industry's run by muppets.
That said... I do actually pay for the Shifty Disco Singles Club, but since you can't get them any other way that doesn't really count. And £12 for a years worth of singles (one a week) is hardly a rip-off now is it? -
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hate to say it but surely this kind of thing will just be used by paedos and the like. LOVE the diagram though! -
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Downloading isnt killing the music industry, the greedy industry heads are killing the industry with price fixing and overcharging (UK is possibly the most expensive place to buy music!) -
What about...
...Iceland?
It's £20 a piece.
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