On 4/12/07, Justin Chapweske <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The major use case for this seems to be where multiple people upload fairly similar versions of the same file. This approach might be interesting technically, but I don't think this is useful for many real-world use cases beyond piracy.
block level identification and caching/distribution is useful, effective, and proven for a wide variety of tasks. riverbed [0] in particular is doing good *legitimate* business with this technique for WAN acceleration, and there are many other applicable domains. best regards, [0] Riverbed RiOS Technology http://www.riverbed.com/technology/ (Justin: surely you, of all people, would be aware of the many uses for powerful content distribution tools across the spectrum of ethical/unethical uses. why so quick to dismiss a useful technique with the tarnish of piracy?) _______________________________________________ p2p-hackers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers
