Good observations
napho and
goldenrod!
The international - dare I say
global - nature of the filesharing phenomenon/movement/revolution is one of its best protections against corporate powers like the RIAA and the Hollywood. National borders are almost transparent in Internet communications, and the same applies to p2p communications and development. Even strict control measures in any particular country would simply push the filesharing activity and the hottest software development elsewhere. It does not matter where on the planet a p2p program is written and compiled, it takes just minutes to spread it all over the planet and perhaps a few hours to distribute it to millions.
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goldenrod:
Wosh gosh darnit - It's amazing how well the WORLD can get along isn't it?
One great big happy filesharing family, yes? 'Tis a shame this cooperative behavior doesn't spread itself around a bit
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It is amazing indeed, and this remarkable thing has gone almost ignored by the mainstream media
(not our WT though! ) Having millions of people from around the globe gathering eagerly together in the various p2p meeting places... most of them motivated to spend lots of quality time sharing and communicating with each other in a predominantly positive spirit... happily ignoring all geographic, national, religious, political, social and age borders that seem to generate constant tensions and conflicts in the real world... wow, that is a major achievement and it is by no means a thing of the past!
- tg
