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TankGirl · 11-06-01, 08:40 PM

More rambling...

In my view the best place to have the artist's audio material available would be the p2p networks themselves. A homepage or a featured forum space serves well as an information and promotion place but the p2p mesh is where we want the songs to end up anyway. We want them spread wide and far and also stay actively present on people's HD's and shared libraries. The earlier we get them over to the p2p zone the better - that will put much less strain on the precious centralized server capacity.

If an artist has a 24/7 broadband at his/her disposal, it would be easiest for him/her just to tell people on which network and by which filenames they can find his/her stuff to get it injected into the p2p mesh. In present circumstances this should work at least in Morpheus-like networks with full visibility over the peer space (WPNP is not that reliable). Not to make the thresold of using external p2p software too high, this method could be complemented with one or more sample songs available directly from the forum.

There is room for a lot of technical sophistication in here. One possibility would be to utilize specific tags to create 'hot links' on the forum that could directly activate searches on p2p clients. Not an option on today's p2p clients but nothing too far-fetched technically, could be achieved either with browser plugins or even easier with an in-built browser in a p2p client. Authentic hash (identification) codes for artist's original rips could also be given as part of tagged information, providing a mechanism for the artist to publicly identify his own work.

But what about artists with a dialup or a machine not robust enough to run Morpheus? Reflecting on this I came up with the idea of mesenates. Think of them as dedicated fans with a 24/7 (or often active) broadband connection. E.g. somebody digging Ramona's music could post on Ramona's own forum area that he/she shares this-and-this album on Morpheus or on a private FTP server and give instructions how to get it. People are doing something like this already now but not really in co-operation with the artists. With a forum acting as a public meeting place between the artist and his/her mesenates the whole thing would become much more rewarding and interesting for both parties.

- tg

11-06-01, 08:40 PM	#4
TankGirl Madame Comrade Join Date: May 2000 Location: Area 25 Posts: 5,587	More rambling... In my view the best place to have the artist's audio material available would be the p2p networks themselves. A homepage or a featured forum space serves well as an information and promotion place but the p2p mesh is where we want the songs to end up anyway. We want them spread wide and far and also stay actively present on people's HD's and shared libraries. The earlier we get them over to the p2p zone the better - that will put much less strain on the precious centralized server capacity. If an artist has a 24/7 broadband at his/her disposal, it would be easiest for him/her just to tell people on which network and by which filenames they can find his/her stuff to get it injected into the p2p mesh. In present circumstances this should work at least in Morpheus-like networks with full visibility over the peer space (WPNP is not that reliable). Not to make the thresold of using external p2p software too high, this method could be complemented with one or more sample songs available directly from the forum. There is room for a lot of technical sophistication in here. One possibility would be to utilize specific tags to create *'hot links'* on the forum that could directly activate searches on p2p clients. Not an option on today's p2p clients but nothing too far-fetched technically, could be achieved either with browser plugins or even easier with an in-built browser in a p2p client. Authentic hash (identification) codes for artist's original rips could also be given as part of tagged information, providing a mechanism for the artist to publicly identify his own work. But what about artists with a dialup or a machine not robust enough to run Morpheus? Reflecting on this I came up with the idea of *mesenates*. Think of them as dedicated fans with a 24/7 (or often active) broadband connection. E.g. somebody digging Ramona's music could post on Ramona's own forum area that he/she shares this-and-this album on Morpheus or on a private FTP server and give instructions how to get it. People are doing something like this already now but not really in co-operation with the artists. With a forum acting as a public meeting place between the artist and his/her mesenates the whole thing would become much more rewarding and interesting for both parties. - tg