BitTorrent: An Educational Autopsy of the Hydra
Jim Groom,
bavatuesdays,
Jul 23, 2008
If you are reading about BitTorrent and wondering just what it does and what the fuss is about, this post from Jim Groom will answer your questions and fill you in on the controversy. Plus some things you may not have even thoyght of before. Such as: "Practically any Internet user can be framed for copyright infringement today. By profiling copyright enforcement in the popular BitTorrent file sharing system, we were able to generate hundreds of real DMCA take down notices for computers at the University of Washington that never downloaded nor shared any content whatsoever." Um, hmm. The whole system kind of takes the human element out of criminal convictions.
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