Hi Snark
and thanks for the link - a good follow-up to a
good essay (discussed also
here).
Quote:
from the story:
What if you were at a party and really enjoyed the selection of music. Your host could e-mail you their "play list". The play list would not contain the actual music, but would be an intelligent file with links to the music source. You could surf it, pick the songs you liked, and build your own mix.
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Hash number based content links and related websites have been part of the p2p scene for a good while. The suggested scenario is of course possible with the same technology but in real world the guest would probably prefer to hook up his/her iPod to the host's computer and copy not only the music played in the party but a couple of gigabytes more....
- tg
