This is bad news for the more open networks as it suggests the labels will also employ other more effective technological measures to deter pirates.
One things I've being worried about for a few months now is the potential for injecting garbage data into a multi-source download. Someone, either a concern rightsholder or a malicious user, could make a client that claims to be a source for a file, then sends out random data. The result would be an mp3 with noise and seek errors. I haven't been able to think of a good way to protect against this.
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