Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

Re: Napster Business Model

Author:Paul Snively
Posted:6/28/2000; 4:37:30 PM
Topic:Napster Business Model
Msg #:18235 (In response to 18208)
Prev/Next:18234 / 18236

Wes Felter: Robert Cassidy: Even if you toss in the requirement of internet access? If media were serialized and authenticated on each use? Remember, AOL/Time Warner is in the game now.

Wes: It doesn't matter. The cost to crack such a system is low, making it extremely risky.

Not only that, if you take digital content away from systems like Gnutella and Freenet, they'll just turn into pure distributed computation systems a la Bovine to crack the DRM system. Remember, the Internet is not only the world's largest digital community, it's also the world's largest massively-parallel supercomputer.

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