David McNab ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Yet another scenario - "dob in"/"fink on" a Freenet node - RIAA pays lackeys
> to run Freenet nodes, and discover as many other Freenet nodes as possible -
> paying a bounty for every Freenet node found and shut down.
Hmm, yes, that's within the realm of possibility. And scary. What a
depressing thought to wake up to.... :(
I still claim that the underground will survive. The death of Napster
doesn't mean people won't trade MP3s any more -- they just do it
differently.
> This is the kind of shit that Arthur Miller
> wrote about in The Crucible - "Are you now or have you ever been a
> file-sharer?".
Of course, they wouldn't call it that. They'd use the word "pirate".
(And yeah, I read the Crucible, so I know it's about the Salem witch
trials.)
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