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What Does "Copyfight" Mean?
Copyfight, the Solo Years: April 2002-March 2004
1. Scott Matthews on February 25, 2005 8:20 AM writes...
Isn't the notion of anonymity at odds with the notion of tracking P2P use to compensate rightsholders?
How can you hope to detect "gaming" in an ACS without mapping P2P use to individual profiles?
-Scott
Permalink to Comment2. Neo on February 26, 2005 9:04 PM writes...
P2P compensation would use aggregate file-transfer statistics, not individually-identifiable information. Think TV ratings implemented using a set-top box that reports when and for how long it's on what channel, but the reports can't be traced to a particular individual's TV set. All they have are aggregate stats for how many tvs get switched to star trek when it comes on, how many stay on for the whole show, and such. :)
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