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Old 11-03-03, 08:35 PM   #6
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Originally posted by multi
so its not a hoax....
sounding like it may as well have been...
they are repeatedly stressing upload security and usability, two things not seen in a p2p before now. it leads one to presume their network isn't "exactly" peer-to-peer but employs more of a modified server based delivery system.

if that's the case then there would possibly be large sums behind the effort for bandwidth acquisition and legal protections, monies presumably lent by major capitalists intent on major returns.

this would require a location in a country where one felt secure against prosecution and there are few if any of those. to then create such a retreat one needs necessary amounts of high denominational "goodwill", properly distributed to interested parties, who in turn can deliver laws that insure such protections and guarantee that other players can't enter the game.

thus established they could comfortably watch as the other “free” apps are shut down by law until the only one left is theirs, leaving them in an enviable and powerful position, ready to dictate the monthly terms…

to you.

on the other hand all this unpleasantness is avoided with a true decentralized peer-to-peer.

- js.

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