RIAA forced technology weed to choke it

Dom · Sep 2, 2004, 08:57 PM

"THE RIAA HAVE PUT THEMSELVES into a corner in a technical sense, and pretty much assured their demise. No, not due to arrogance and stupidity, or stupidity and arrogance, it wasn't even greed this time, directly. The problem is a technical one, pure and simple.

If you go back to the beginnings of P2P, basically Napster as far as the general public is concerned, you has a really incredible system. It was the easiest P2P server to search, quick, accessible, and you found what you wanted with frightening regularity. The RIAA saw this and concluded that it had to die. It may not have been illegal, but that didn't stop them from being spent into the ground and badgered to death.

Rather than pointing the finger at these tactics, lets look at the tech. Napster was a centralised database, and you could query it for what you needed. It knew pretty much everything that was on the entire Napster network, and any request made would search the whole thing. It also worked only for MP3s but there were hacks, plugins, and work-arounds for that. Most people couldn't figure these things out, but they technically did exist."

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BWX · Sep 3, 2004, 12:30 AM

Great article. I didn't know the RIAA was "dead" yet, but from what that guy says it won't be long. I highly doubt they will just go away, but I already knew they were 99.9999% impotent. -as they should be.

EcPercy · Sep 3, 2004, 01:08 AM

Well this article has some truth to it. I have quit buying cd's altogether. I refuse to support a company that feels the need to sue 12 year old's. I also refuse to support a company that feels a cd should be priced at $18 when there are only 1-2 songs total worth hearing.

Sep 2, 2004, 08:57 PM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	RIAA forced technology weed to choke it "THE RIAA HAVE PUT THEMSELVES into a corner in a technical sense, and pretty much assured their demise. No, not due to arrogance and stupidity, or stupidity and arrogance, it wasn't even greed this time, directly. The problem is a technical one, pure and simple. If you go back to the beginnings of P2P, basically Napster as far as the general public is concerned, you has a really incredible system. It was the easiest P2P server to search, quick, accessible, and you found what you wanted with frightening regularity. The RIAA saw this and concluded that it had to die. It may not have been illegal, but that didn't stop them from being spent into the ground and badgered to death. Rather than pointing the finger at these tactics, lets look at the tech. Napster was a centralised database, and you could query it for what you needed. It knew pretty much everything that was on the entire Napster network, and any request made would search the whole thing. It also worked only for MP3s but there were hacks, plugins, and work-arounds for that. Most people couldn't figure these things out, but they technically did exist." Read More... _______________________ Source: TheInquirer

Sep 3, 2004, 12:30 AM	#2
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Great article. I didn't know the RIAA was "dead" yet, but from what that guy says it won't be long. I highly doubt they will just go away, but I already knew they were 99.9999% impotent. -as they should be. __________________

Sep 3, 2004, 01:08 AM	#3
EcPercy HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Iraq Posts: 1,535 Rep Power: 0	Well this article has some truth to it. I have quit buying cd's altogether. I refuse to support a company that feels the need to sue 12 year old's. I also refuse to support a company that feels a cd should be priced at $18 when there are only 1-2 songs total worth hearing.