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Posted by anthonyberet on 09/26/83 11:47
Morton Davis wrote:
> "Bravokilo" <bravokilo@slingshot.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:1146887296.012906.225390@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
>> How come I keep reading (for a least the last 6 months or so) that the
>> majority of file-sharing sites are being progressively closed down -
>> yet winMX remains active? Is it because it remains "at arm's length"
>> from RIAA/other authorities via certain "patches" - one of which I
>> employed at the start of this year
>>
> It's because it is totally decentralized and anonymous. Without centralized
> servers to crack and harvest for users, the RIAA is lost.
>
What on earth are you talking about? - Winmx is not anonymous to use,
and I am not aware of the RIAA using the cache servers of *any* p2p
network to harvest users.
It would be unnecessary with all but a few p2p systesm as the IP
addresses of infringers are accessible to anyone who wants them.
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