On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, you wrote: > Okay, I'm new to the list, so maybe I'm a bit out of line, but what suprises > me is that this group starts to think about a music/MP3 client NOW, kind of > after the fact. I don't want to start a spam war about this, but this > opportunity should have been clear months ago, when the RIAA filed the suit > in the first place. It seems to me, as a new subscriber to this list, that > the discussion of how to implement this is just getting started since > yesterday when the sad news about Napster become public.
It's been discussed for months. It's never been done because it is not a good idea. > This is a great opportunity for Freenet to prove itself and to become an > enormous factor in the MP3 wars the RIAA would have to deal with (in vain we > all hope of course) - I suggest that we agree on a storage/protocol format > as soon as possible and get a prototype into beta while the grey unwashed > masses is still looking for a successor. I guess, the real question here is: > ARE WE READY? No, we aren't. Freenet isn't even close to done. When Freenet is done, it will stand or fall on it's own merits and the need for it, not whether we had a bastardized, wing clipped, screwed up, positively dangerous special version ready for some sort of PR coupe just because one corporate entity had another shut down. There are plenty of alternatives for people who want to get ahold of music (OpenNap, Gnutella) without giving money to the RIAA for now. And to everybody else: there is a group called "Freenet clients". Go there. > Cheers, > > Michael > > P.S.: Again, please take it easy on me with those flames now ;-) > > > _______________________________________________ > Freenet-dev mailing list > Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net > http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev -- \oskar _______________________________________________ Freenet-dev mailing list Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev
