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Submission + - Warner Bro. Accused of Pirating Anti-Pirating Tech (escapistmagazine.com) 1

Submitted by psycho12345 on Wednesday May 26, 2010 @11:44PM

psycho12345 writes: German firm Medien Patent Verwaltung claims that in 2003, it revealed a new kind of anti-piracy technology to Warner Bros. that marks films with specific codes so pirated copies can be traced back to their theaters of origin. But like a great, hilariously-ironic DRM Ouroborus, the company claims that Warner began using the system throughout Europe in 2004 but hasn't actually paid a dime for it.

Submission + - Enhancement to P2P found to help network costs (news.com)

Submitted by psycho12345 on Friday March 14, 2008 @02:01AM

psycho12345 writes: A study, sponsored by Verizon and Yale, finds that if P2P software is written more "intelligently" (by localizing requests), the effect of bandwidth hogging is vastly reduced. According to the study, redoing the P2P into what they call P4P can reduce the number of "hops" by an average of 400%. With localized P4P, less of the sharing occurs over large distances, instead making requests of nearby clients (geographically).

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