Exeem "Successor" to Suprnova Announced 608
First, Exeem really isn't an extension of Suprnova as the hype might have you believe: the connection between the two seems more marketing than anything else. Sloncek has been hired to promote their product as the heir apparent to his popular website, but his involvement really seems to be almost entirely PR. It'll work obviously: my headline on this story mentions Suprnova, and so will hundreds of websites around the world in the coming days. "Yet another p2p app" would not create anywhere near the waves that "Successor to Suprnova Announced" will. I hope that people judge exeem by its own merits and not by its (clever) marketing.
Second, Exeem is pretty much what was rumored earlier: a blending of the tracker, the BitTorrent client, and decentralized indexing. It's Windows only. It's in beta now, and will be out at some indeterminate date in the future. It also has a rating and commenting system which appears to be somewhat rudimentary. It's unclear to me if the rating system will be as useless as other attempts, and I think this is the critical thing: Suprnova succeeded because the content available on it was verified and trustworthy. Suprnova was as much the work of a few dozen editors as it was a list of torrent URLs. So far no other p2p system has achieved that level of accuracy. Exeem supports magnet sites which is a start, but not exactly p2p either. And did I mention that it's adware?
Third, there's a mystery company. Someone is paying Sloncek. He won't say who, but there's a history in the p2p world of secretive development. Since Exeem is to be adware, someday it will have a billing address, which means the legal issues faced by predecessors like Napster and Kazaa will be forthcoming, which is of course why we have a mystery company that Sloncek won't talk about in the first place. We definitely haven't heard the last of this.
Personally I was hoping for more: source code and cross platform compatibility never hurts. These are the things that made BitTorrent a huge success. I guess I was hoping for a new protocol instead of just another Kazaa. I guess I was hoping for a monumental leap, and instead Exeem to be a more incremental step. I'm sure we'll learn more in the coming weeks.
Torrent trackers on Freenet? (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Torrent trackers on Freenet? (Score:2)
Re:Torrent trackers on Freenet? (Score:5, Insightful)
Usenet (was Re:Torrent trackers on Freenet? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Torrent trackers on Freenet? (Score:3, Interesting)
If the only folks they can sue are the individual infringing users, their ability to shut down the rampant misuse of BitTorrent for massive copyright violation is dramatically decreased.
Re:Torrent trackers on Freenet? (Score:5, Interesting)
I was hoping for a more innovative p2p app, perhaps combining the advantages of VPN-type systems like WASTE or DirectConnect with the swarming efficiency of BitTorrent. Such a system would truly take the world by storm.
At the same time it seemed obvious that Exeem wouldn't be such a system. From rumors circulating after the start of the closed beta (not a good sign to begin with) it became apparent that Exeem was just another closed-source proprietary network. It's really unfortunate but not at all surprising.
Re:Torrent trackers on Freenet? (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Torrent trackers on Freenet? (Score:3, Insightful)
Seriously, it was painful to use. I think I had it installed for a couple days before I announced it as a "failed experiment" and erased it.
Maybe it has improved now, but it would take far faster speeds, and a self-contained native windows client with built-in browser before I'd be interested in trying it again.
N.
Re:Torrent trackers on Freenet? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Torrent trackers on Freenet? (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Torrent trackers on Freenet? (Score:5, Interesting)
If you want it to have respectable content, use it to browse respectable content. (and inject respectable content if you can)
Re:Torrent trackers on Freenet? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Torrent trackers on Freenet? (Score:2)
Conversely, almost every other file (it seems) on gnutella seems to have sex keywords attached to their names. Some including "preteen rape anal schoolgirl bestiality child", etc. Even files that are neither images nor video files.
Re:Torrent trackers on Freenet? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Torrent trackers on Freenet? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Torrent trackers on Freenet? (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Torrent trackers on Freenet? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Torrent trackers on Freenet? (Score:2, Interesting)
Indeed! What about MUTE? (Score:3, Interesting)
While it may not be as secure as Freenet, it does take advantage of IP obfustication and is a fair bit faster. No one user knows what machine is connected to what data. With enough users, it would virtually be impossible to determine data origin.
The author of the program continues to make progress as the funds continue to roll in - fair enough.
Give it a try at: mute-net.sf.net and think about s
Anonymous bittorrent already exists (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Anonymous bittorrent already exists (Score:5, Informative)
http://www.i2p.net [i2p.net]
And once you have i2p running, then you want to go to this i2p site:
http://duck.i2p/i2p-bt/ [duck.i2p]
Re:Anonymous bittorrent already exists (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Anonymous bittorrent already exists (Score:3, Interesting)
Probably because they explicitly asked *NOT* to put it on slashdot, which you probably knew, my dear anonymous coward!
Re:Torrent trackers on Freenet? (Score:5, Insightful)
Somehow I don't think it will happen, currently freenet doesn't have indexing / searching of contents, you need to find a link to the content through other means. Isn't that all that a torrent actually is? a link and identifier to the content and the tracker?
I don't want to host contents of unknown origin, I shouldn't need to keep a node running 24/7 in order to find and download the occasional file, and I don't want to wait in a queue of 1000 leachers to get what I want.
Of course... (Score:2)
Re:Torrent trackers on Freenet? (Score:5, Insightful)
You are free to have your beliefs, but that does't mean that they aren't absurd.
You are right about the speed issues with Freenet though; I'll give you that.
Re:Torrent trackers on Freenet? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Torrent trackers on Freenet? (Score:3, Insightful)
the flaw of the 'encouraging/promoting' reasoning (Score:3, Interesting)
So, because they feel safer, the prog itself is 'encouraging' it, and can't be used? Proxies may feel more safe for them, encryption may make them feel more safe, heck, maybe the internet istelf! Should we not use any of those tools, then?
Come to think of it, digital camera's may make them feel more safe: no need to go to a photo-developer anymore! So
Re:Torrent trackers on Freenet? (Score:3, Insightful)
You can make ridiculous arguments forever without actually proving any tenable link between the desire for privacy (which is perfectly normal and absolutely OK) and outright crime (which is deviant from the social norm, totally NOT OK).
Really now.
Re:Torrent trackers on Freenet? (Score:3, Informative)
Strawman.
The problem with Freenet isn't that it's a channel for kiddie porn, but that anyone who uses it could potentially be charged with distributing child pornography. You don't run that risk when you log onto an IRC or Usenet server.
Re:Torrent trackers on Freenet? (Score:3, Insightful)
Anonymity--or the possibility of it--is also the foremost requirement of free speech. A few people doing things that are illegal is a tiny price to pay for supporting freedom.
Re:PirateBay.org!! (Score:2)
"Nothing for you to see here, please move along." (Score:4, Funny)
-1 Annoying!
-1 Obvious! *sigh*
Re:"Nothing for you to see here, please move along (Score:3, Interesting)
Luckily, you didn't have mod points and those that do get the joke.
*sigh*
Why would I care? (Score:5, Insightful)
The parent article is a Troll.
I care (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Why would I care? (Score:5, Insightful)
But it's amazingly like the suprnova.COM and
Re:Why would I care? (Score:5, Interesting)
I expect more people to be using eMule and bitorrent index sites to be hosted overseas while this exeed app dies the death of the empty branded hype with no substance that it is. Its just some company that saw the writing on the wall and paid off the suprnova kiddies to promote it. Big deal. Bittorrent if far from dead. The "russian" suprnova is up and works fine and at least the loki people are putting up some kind of fight so the technology isnt just considered illegal outright.
Also anarchy online (Score:3, Interesting)
ironic (Score:5, Funny)
Re:ironic (Score:5, Informative)
Like kazaa meets winamp3... Horrible gui with little pauses and laggy feeling when navigating, ugly blue-blob buttons, a new
Re:ironic (Score:2, Informative)
I dont understand (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:I dont understand (Score:2, Informative)
eXeem beta. (Score:5, Interesting)
The basic user interface is friendly, and it's basically a "compact" version of Kazaa (you have to use it to really understand).
As for the release date, it "won't be this week, or next week, but very very soon". It'll be an open beta, to chink out all the bugs.
Re:eXeem beta. (Score:2)
A Great Diversion... (Score:2, Insightful)
Censorship resistant networks (Score:5, Interesting)
Tangler [nyu.edu], FreeHaven [freehaven.net], and Publius [nyu.edu] come to mind.
Re:Censorship resistant networks (Score:4, Insightful)
Information and content is a lot cheaper and more easily accessible than it was a few years ago. The RIAA still sells CDs for $10-$20, when a CD holds 700MB of music/data, tops. Meanwhile, a DVD, with 8GB of Video/Music/Data, is usually in the $20 range. Already, CDs seem overpriced.
But now take the cost of a high speed internet connection ($30/mo. for cable modems around here), and how much data you have access to in how much time, and you realize that the world has definitely changed. These aren't the days of the local library and record store, but of Google and Kazaa.
The RIAA/MPAA are dinosaur organizations who don't realize the meteor has already struck and they are soon to die. So they go around frantically foraging all the food they can while the doomsday clouds loom above. Information and content is cheap. Dirt cheap. Users want fast access to it. Message to the RIAA: adapt!
People have the connections, they have the big powerful computers, all they don't have is the service. If the RIAA had the foresight to realize that a) CDs are overpriced, b) too much of CD profit goes to marketing/advertising firms and the cushy CEOs of record labels and c) they can readjust the price of music, offer it online, and dominate the market, then today we would probably have an immensely popular online music service that offers songs for $0.25, compensates artists adequately, and keeps the RIAA in business.
You have to keep up with the technological innovations if you want to survive. People pirate movies, but not nearly as many people as those who pirate music. Why? Pirating a movie is a pain in the ass right now. You get a low-quality DVD rip that doesn't easily play on your TV. Music, on the other hand, you get at near-CD quality (or CD quality), and you can easily burn a CD or put it on your MP3 player. The day that one can download 8GB of DVD video in a few minutes is the day DVD videos in stores will be severely overpriced at $20/pop.
As to your other point, the reason this research focuses on censorship-resistant systems, and uses the word censorship, is because as it stands today using no fancy techniques, one cannot be assured that the publication of any document will not be censored by those who can control access to your particular server. And if the government or any other agency wants to censor the publication of a document on the Internet, currently it can (maybe not 'legally', but technically). So this research does have a place, and is well-named.
Re:Censorship resistant networks (Score:5, Insightful)
It's worse than you say. The RIAA and MPAA are cartels of content distributors. Sure, they may finance the production of some content and play favorites with the content they've got their fingers in, but they were built to distruibute content because in the past that was hard part for the people who made music and movies. Now, you don't need trucks, newspaper ads and shelfspace to distribute anymore. Distrubution is cheap and easy. There is no reason to pay them for it anymore. The message shouldn't be "adapt" it should be "go away". It's worse for the RIAA than the MPAA because arguably you still need the MPAA around to deliver huge spools of film to theaters, but that will change soon, and when it does you'll start to see movies get funded by people outside the film distribution industry just like you're currently seeing a new explosion of independant music with financially successful musicians. As the creators of the content (think directors, producers, actors, writers) see that they aren't dependant on the cartel anymore they'll realize they can make more money and gain greater artistic independance if they cut them out of the loop. The noose will close from both ends. The only way the traditional distribution cartels will continue to exist is if our governments grant them guaranteed profits through legislation, and even that can't last forever. This is the end game.
Adware enclosed, windows binaries only? (Score:4, Interesting)
But at least they are upfront about it.
Old Russian Lit Saying... (Score:3, Insightful)
In some alternate universe, suprnova would have been the next indispensable web site, the next Google, the next platform for innovation, the next great leap forward for human knowledge. But in today's world, it's nothing more than hype for some new bullshit adware.
It'll work (Score:3, Insightful)
Yep. You couldn't have chosen another title for the article that wouldn't have worked for them. Nope. Had to go with that one. And then complain that it's just a marketing scheme. Yep. I'm feeling really sorry for you for being duped here!
Is there any good FAQ on the algorithm used? (Score:3, Interesting)
There are some things I think would be interesting additions, such as sharing a the rarest part to users with the quickest turnaround time (determine how long it takes to download the file and then immediately upload it, and choose the person with the shortest time). Of course, that might already be the case, but I haven't been able to find out.
Ethics (Score:3, Interesting)
I am a student in university, and I don't have much money to my name, so I don't buy DVDs, music CDs, and so on. What do I do instead? Simple: I download them for free off of the internet. Now I get to watch movies and listen to music without spending money. I relate it to taking donuts out of a dumpster being Tim Hortons after hours.
I don't even consider things like "freedom" or "ethics," or anything for that matter. I enjoy getting something for nothing. I like it when things are one click away.
I know that it makes some people very sad to hear this, but that's Ok with me. I am a good friend and human being, and I feel really bad about the disaster in Asia. I just don't care to pay fucking money for a movie.
Thanks for listening.
Re:Ethics (Score:3, Interesting)
I feel guilty that i download things. And, in general, i only use it as a stopgap while i earn more money, and as a trial to see if it is worth spending my hard-earned cash on the dvd or cd or whatever. I do
Re:Ethics (Score:5, Insightful)
One of the carrots that's dangled every so often, though, is the idea that if piracy of a product were 0, the price of the item would be drastically reduced. This is a lie.
Souring the game industry:
Case in point, the Nintendo Gamecube. It was thought of as "unhackable" by the PR folk at Nintendo and yet the cost of their games was just as much as any other console. Do actions like this not foster cynicism among both paying and non-paying gamers? People were already expecting a price drop as the alleged source of high prices with Nintendo before was the fact that they used cartridges instead of CD-like media.
Souring the film industry:
Putting red dots on the screen to psychologically interrupt a movie experience is ridiculous. This form of copy protection should be the bane of any film director who respects his or her works as art. Can you imagine the Mona Lisa having these dots over top its portrait? Does interpolating the frames before and after the dots as a way of removing them make this form of protection all that effective when you consider how the work is marred in contrast?
Souring the TV industry:
The industry itself is inherently sour. The medium of network and cable television is not a delivery vehicle for content, it's a delivery vehicle of advertisements to viewers (who are the end product). If any form of entertainment needs to go pay-per-view on a per-episode or per-season basis, it's television.
Again, I'm not saying any of this justifies theft of artists' works, but I do think there are serious problems on BOTH sides of the fence. Simple finger-pointing by industry lobbyers / sycophants at pirates in order to justify artificially inflated prices and obscene forms of copy protection is morally -- and should be legally -- wrong.
Re:Ethics (Score:4, Insightful)
The Boston Tea Party was pretty illegal, I'm sure.
Re:Ethics (Score:3, Insightful)
Who can actually be sure non of the involved *did* take some tea for their own use?
And would that make it less of a good (or bad) thing?
Civil disobedience often has a personal and sometimes even downright egotistical aspect. People are disobedient because they think they will get something out of it, at least potentially. "Personal enrichement" after all, does not has
Interview MP3 (Score:5, Informative)
Google+cycletax (Score:2)
MP3 of the interview with Sloncek (Score:2)
Re:MP3 of the interview with Sloncek (Score:3, Informative)
Comment removed (Score:5, Informative)
Well, I must be missing something (Score:2)
iTunes is just *part* of the solution (Score:3, Insightful)
I, for example, want to get Stargate Atlantis legally without paying an extra $30 per month to get a "good" cable TV package. I don't want all the other crap, just this one program. But like audio CDs, the problem with the existing system is t
Why not use edonkey/emule? (Score:2)
emule already has a rating system, and there are plenty o
W... T.... F....? (Score:2)
B) The verb "hired" was used in conjunction with "Sloncek"
C) Closed beta, key based access, potential for ads
This is so stupid. Will someone please start up a competitor on Sourceforge? Or at least implement this tech in freenet or something. The idea isn't all that far out, *I* even thought of it [slashdot.org] last summer in my own slightly sucky way.
Anonymous BitTorrent is already available. (Score:5, Informative)
I've seen /.'ers suggesting freenet as possible {il,}legal content distribution method. I'd like to disagree with this methodology.
There is already a working way to have anonymous BitTorrent - using Onion Routing [eff.org] protocol. It's great for privacy concerned netizens and if more people set up Tor Servers, Tor would gain critical mass needed to support both tracker AND data connections for BT.
Most of torrent clients supports Tor out-of-the-box, as tor is nothing but socks proxy for your programs. Torifying [noreply.org] various applications is really a snap and there is a detailed guide [sourceforge.net] on how to make Azureus BT client [sourceforge.net] work flawlessly with Tor (see section 2.2 Totally Anonymous BitTorrent).
Currently, the only concern for the Tor authors is the fact, that the Tor network may not be able to handle the amounts of traffic, bittorent is able to generate.
However, if each one of you would set up a server with couple of kbps spare bandwidth, the tor network would immediately start scaling up.
Since BT relies on multiple (slow) transmissions occuring at the same time to create the "torrent effect", even if all the transmissions pick different routes trough tor network (taking slight performance hit), the overall performance of BT would remain unchanged.
There is also a very important aspect of tor. It allows you to create hidden services. Basically they are accesible via bogus URLs (like LKbalkbsflKflasbd.onion). The anonymity of the server is assured. More about hidden services at this address [eff.org].
So, before you let the *oids start reinventing the wheel (and charge an arm and a leg for it), do your bloody homework and use what's already there :)
PS. tor is free software.
Here's a link to the beta.... (Score:3, Informative)
But it won't work without a key. It can't join the network. Gives you a chance to check it out the interface spyware/adware free I guess. I don't think I'll be using it. I too was looking for a larger leap...not so much of a baby step.
http://82.149.22.18/eXeem%20BETA%200.16.zip
Ad/Spyware doesnt matter, just sandbox it (Score:2)
He sold out. (Also: Beta Download) (Score:2)
He sold out.
And I bet the "mystery company" is Sharman Networks.
Bastard.
Anyway, you can download it here [82.149.22.18], though it doesn't seem to work without the key.
Re:He sold out. (Also: Beta Download) (Score:3, Informative)
Why?
- Becuase the whois on exeem.org shows "Registrant Email:contact@exeem.com"
- Because i cant find any info about them on the web.
- Because 'swarm' is a term used in the BT protocol/community...
Im guessing whoever is behind all this bought all the main domain names and are keeping quite until the launch.
Registrant ID:GODA-08316761
Registrant Name:Systems Inc. Swarm
Registrant Organization:Swarm Systems Inc.
Registrant Stree
Lokitorrent and Anonymity (Score:3, Informative)
Of course, even if it is legal for sites on the web to host the
Lastly, and on a bit of an off-topic note, if one is sharing only one part of a file, but not the full thing (or if the file being shares is obfuscated, but easily returnable), can they be prosecuted of illegal copyright violations? Is every single part of a film copyrighted individually? I've always wondered, so pegging it to the end of this post seemed as good a time as any to ask.
- dshaw
Corporatization (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Corporatization (Score:3, Interesting)
EXEEM SUCKS (READ) (Score:5, Informative)
What someone needs to do... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:What someone needs to do... (Score:3, Informative)
Filerush.com [filerush.com]: The purpose of this site is to serve Bit Torrent files for recently released game demos, updates, and movie trailers of games.
and
BitTorrent Files for Slashdot Effect Victims. [scarywater.net]
and
Run But Cant Hide [runbutcanthide.com]: Legal, Free BitTorrent Downloads
Between these three you can usually find most legal files that are in high demand.
Good luck and long live the bt!
-Fred
sold out ? (Score:5, Interesting)
Very nice.
He advocates this new technology.
Who said the MPAA/RIAA did not stuff him some "funds" to provide the people some nice software
(ie: adware) that cleanly informs those nice
associations with the ip address of every peer/seeder. Think about it.
who did say the new software does not harvest ip
addresses and nicely hands em over to some place
accessible to the MPAA/RIAA ?
I do not know about you, but I am convinced some
donated funds from MPAA/RIAA could change the mind
of any site owner to join the " side"
just 0.02 euro
Re:adware? (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:adware? (Score:2)
Re:adware? (Score:2)
either way if it's got adware built into it, it ain't goin anywhere near any desktops or servers we run...no matter how 'cool' it is
Re:adware? (Score:2)
Sarcasm is hard to get across via the intarweb.
Re:adware? (Score:2, Funny)
You have to use sarcasm tags!
e.g.
<sarcasm>...yeah and I'm a happy little elf!</sarcasm>
It's a little obvious, but for subtle sarcasm it's the way to go!
Re:adware? (Score:3, Funny)
Kazaa? Programming quality?
*laughing some more*
You're kidding, right?!?
*head explodes*
Re:The Obvious Question (Score:3, Insightful)
Me personally, for both 'freely distributable' software, and 'timeshifting' of broadcast TV programs that are available in my market..
Re:The Obvious Question (Score:3, Interesting)
Commercials (Score:2)
Too bad.. Once it enters my house its mine..
Re:The Obvious Question (Score:2)
The only question is the method that is being used. Which i ( and MANY others ) happen to disagree with your statement.
Until it goes to court however, neither side can claim they are 'correct'...
And as a side note, if you are too stupid to realize downloading what you can legally record is NOT piracy, then you have some serious mental issues.
Re:Interesting, the 'Read More' link ... (Score:2)
All of this was inside of Slashdot, not going externally to a non-existent site as you say
Re:sure.... (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:sure.... (Score:2)
The reality is, BT is not a good "warez" distribution mechanism, even though its worked up until now, its only because of suprnova, which was always going to be taken down eventually. Emule is far better for this, it has sea
Re:sure.... (Score:2, Insightful)
but they do know what Azureus, Bittornado, and ABC are, because they were allowed to be written due to the openness of the original Bittorrent's source code.
Re:Please stop encouraging copyright violation (Score:2)
1) The US Govt outlaws the creation of file-sharing/P2P software
2) CmdrTaco adds a 0-day Warez "Downloads of the day" slashbox
If the fact of new P2P software offends you, perhaps you'd best to not read
Re:Thank you, CmdrTaco (Score:4, Insightful)
Thank you for generalizing that everyone with an opposing viewpoint from you is some type of spoiled rich kid. Actually, I have met quite a few people who are in favor of changes to "intellectual property", from liberals who have spent years helping with poverty-stricken families in third-world countries and have little sympathy for CEO's who don't make another million, to archconservatives including my father.
Which one I am, if either, is not really relevant to our discussion here. I do not understand the concept of "intellectual property". Want to "own" an idea? Keep it in your head with your mouth shut, and if you write it down or otherwise record it anywhere, make sure that it's somewhere no one will ever find it.
An idea, spoken in public, is public property. Period. Doesn't matter if the "idea" is a song, a computer program, a movie, or anything else.
Awwwwww, big corporation can't make money? Too bad. No one has a "right" to the continued success of their business model. They have the right to adapt and find a way to provide what the consumer wants, the way they want it, and make money, or die. Copyrights and patents create artificial scarcity and give "ownership" and exclusive rights to the first person to come up with something which cannot be owned-an idea.
But it'll stifle innovation? Biggest load I've heard. Those who have great ideas and are passionate about them need no reward. Socrates was KILLED for putting forth his thoughts, but even facing that he would not back down. And we suggest massive amounts of money are necessary to encourage this? It never was before.
Of course, there are those who can consistently do a great job at coming up with and putting into practice great ideas. They'll make a living. (No, I didn't say "killing").
All "copyright" creates is a massive media monopoly capable of controlling the distribution of 98% or so of creative work. The "little guy" doesn't even get heard amidst their marketing noise.
No one has a right to make massive amounts of money for the REST OF THEIR LIFE plus 75 years because they do a good job one time, or even several times. Most of us must go to work, every day, and do our job well each and every time. I don't get to say "Well you know what, boss? I've done a damn good job, and this company will benefit from that work for quite a while, so you owe me royalties for the rest of my life while I do no more work." If an artist/programmer/filmmaker/whatever is out of ideas and can't do his job anymore, it's not time for him to retire and profit at 31, it's time for him to find another job.
As for the **AA's, they are as animals whose ecosystem has been radically changed. They can either a. Act like nothing has changed, and face extinction, or b. Adapt. Right now, they're thinking they'll roll back the clock, and that does not constitute option c. or any other.
Collective license would solve this whole problem. If the "IP Industries" are unwilling to embrace this model, they have chosen option a., and I won't mourn their passing.
Re:Thank you, CmdrTaco (Score:3, Insightful)
But it'll stifle innovation? Biggest load I've heard. Those who have great ideas and are passionate about them need no reward.
At least here in the US, we were founded on exactly the opposite idea. You are right, many great thinkers did not ask for any reward. But the vast majority know that there's something in it for them to come up with a great idea. The "right", if you will, to be compensated for one's hard work and critical thinking inspires many minds to excel when they would otherwise flounder. Mo
Re:Thank you, CmdrTaco (Score:3, Insightful)
The purpose of copyright is in no way to create false scarcity. You are missing an extremely (and I mean that truly) important distinction. It is a distinction that most people don't understand, and like to scoff at because they think they know how things work. It's the difference between what copyright was designed to achieve versus the mechanisms people have devised to abuse that original goa
Re:Thank you, CmdrTaco (Score:3, Insightful)