New Software Aims To Fight Pirates of the P2P

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited June 2004 in Science & Tech
It has been reported a University of Tulsa research team has patented software designed to prevent illegal downloading of music over the Internet. The new software sends illegal downloaders on a wild goose chase in a P2P pond full of cyber-quacking decoys.
The software combats such copyright infringement by "essentially flooding the networks with alternative content that appears authentic," said UT spokesperson Rolf Olsen
Source: Yahoo

Comments

  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    And the P2P networks aren't already flooded with a bunch of garbage fakes? :wtf:
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    primesuspect wrote:
    And the P2P networks aren't already flooded with a bunch of garbage fakes? :wtf:

    My thoughts exactly, but it works... well except maybe BT or something.
  • KingFishKingFish
    edited June 2004
    This is an old tactic already used. Is there a new twist on it or something?

    KF
  • entropyentropy Yah-Der-Hey (Wisconsin)
    edited June 2004
    Yeah, anyone who's ever used p2p already knows you have to dig through the crap. And people will learn. For example in Overnet you can check the filename from the people you're downloading from - if a majority are different, you cancel. All it will take is a few people wisely rename the files. Not that uh, any of use here would ever resort to P2P to begin with ... ;)
  • kanezfankanezfan sunny south florida Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    somebody please tell the riaa that they've already lost the war
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited June 2004
    They are too stubborn.
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