actually a "true" P2P is just that, peer to peer, with no central server to
catalog available titles and mediate the file transfer, so this means that
unlike audiogalaxy a true p2p can never be shut down as long as the client
software is available (which in this case also doubles as a server and relay
server) I believe that this is how the original Gnutella worked, and it's
heirs, like Kaza (correct me if I'm wrong) So eventually everyone will
migrate to the true p2p file share systems, and there will be no way for big
music to shut them down... unless they start going after the users
directly, which hopefully will be too much trouble for them....
Eric
----- Original Message -----
From: "steph99" <beleza@speakeasy.net>
To: "_dakati _" <dakati@postmaster.co.uk>
Cc: <AliaK@bigfoot.com>; <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 5:03 PM
Subject: RE: [acid-jazz] Radio on Demand
> > global music library
>
> Now, there's another fascinating question. As it stands, you can go to
your
> local free library and borrow music. what you do with that cd at home is
your
> business. Maybe P2P services can just call themselves free libraries with
> content online? How do libraries work? do they have special permission
from
> each and every publisher to freely distribute books and music, or is it
just a
> cultural standard that they can do so? If it's the latter, maybe that's
another
> possibility.
>
>
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