NNSquad - Network Neutrality Squad
[ NNSquad ] Re: Net Neutrality vs. Illegal Acts
We have been presented with two (perhaps three) interesting use models here for p2p. One is a company that makes plenty of money on the software it distributed via p2p but chooses to distribute the updates that way. Another was the example of an individual creating a large video file and wants to distribute it, but doing so would far exceed his monthly web/ftp space allotment, so he chooses to use p2p instead. (the third is free software distros, which appear to fall in the middle somewhere). What I wonder is if we could/should think about these scenarios differently, and therefore treat the two uses of p2p technologies differently. From a technical standpoint, that would probably be impossible, just as it is likely impossible to put the genie back in the bottle as some members on this list would prefer. But, it makes an interesting thought experiment as we talk about the issues surrounding this controversial technology. K On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 10:10:41PM -0600, William D. Colburn (Schlake) wrote: > monthly fee to play. They have something like 10,000,000 subscribers. > $80 for the game and expansion, plus $12 a month should mean that > they can afford the bandwidth to distribute their own patches. For me > though, it is the liability of needing to open up my firewall to let > random people connect and possibly hack in through the Blizzard down > loader. I think Blizzard is unethical in fostering off the > distribution of its patches onto me. I didn't, and don't, pay money > to be their data center. -- In Vino Veritas http://astroturfgarden.com
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