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Skriven 2005-08-28 13:51:36 av Geo (1:379/45)
   Kommentar till text 6792 av Mike '/m' (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: DRM - Your book has expired
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From: "Geo" <georger@nls.net>

"Mike '/m'" <mike@barkto.com> wrote in message
news:klr3h1h188fg6c9k87ktppe1157n32mmbm@4ax.com...

> With all the DRM stuff going around, the end-users are losing.

Oh wait, you haven't even seen the bad parts yet..

http://www.darknet.com/2005/08/hollywood_contr.html

and this

http://www.dashes.com/anil/stuff/doctorow-drm-ms.html

section 2 is especially worth reading and finally, you have just got to give
this a read

www.nthelp.com/darknet5.doc

here is just a clip:

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The Darknet and the Future of Content Distribution Peter Biddle, Paul England,
Marcus Peinado, and Bryan Willman Microsoft Corporation[1]

Abstract

We investigate the darknet - a collection of networks and technologies used to
share digital content.  The darknet is not a separate physical network but an
application and protocol layer riding on existing networks.  Examples of
darknets are peer-to-peer file sharing, CD and DVD copying, and key or password
sharing on email and newsgroups.  The last few years have seen vast increases
in the darknet's aggregate bandwidth, reliability, usability, size of shared
library, and availability of search engines.  In this paper we categorize and
analyze existing and future darknets, from both the technical and legal
perspectives.  We speculate that there will be short-term impediments to the
effectiveness of the darknet as a distribution mechanism, but ultimately the
darknet-genie will not be put back into the bottle.  In view of this
hypothesis, we examine the relevance of content protection and content
distribution architectures.

[1] Statements in this paper represent the opinions of the authors and not
necessarily the position of Microsoft Corporation.

then at the end:

Conclusions
There seem to be no technical impediments to darknet-based peer-to-peer file
sharing technologies growing in convenience, aggregate bandwidth and
efficiency.  The legal future of darknet-technologies is less certain, but we
believe that, at least for some classes of user, and possibly for the
population at large, efficient darknets will exist.
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Geo.

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