"It's built off the basic idea of injecting alternative content or decoy media into peer-to-peer networks as a way of hiding pirated media that's being shared illegally," said professor John Hale -- one of the people behind the idea. "It's like looking for a needle in a haystack."
The software will obviously spoof only songs of selected artists and titles, so those artists who actually want to distribute their content over a P2P network, can do so.
Companies such as Overpeer and MediaDefender have already products on the market that flood P2P networks.
While their intentions are clearly good, the companies should bear in mind that intentional hampering of digital communications can be, and often is, illegal.
Source: Wired
Written by: Jari Ketola @ 10 May 2004 0:27
