In response to your excellent article: I think that the most important legacy of the current legal crackdown is not the change in the technological landscape like you suggest, but the change in youth culture on the net in general. The increased use of encryption may somewhat mitigate the perception of risk for pirates but not enough to sizeably impact their furtive behavior. Paranoia is rampant in our modern times, and especially on the net. This irrational suspicion tends to seep into all aspects of a person's life, with the net effect of closing them off to people they do not know. The end result is antithetical to the dreams of social software theorists who envision the net as a tool to finally conquer the large-scale alienation experienced by technologically advanced populations. It is not the RIAA that is the enemy, it is our irrational fear of them.
1. Lucas on December 19, 2003 6:44 PM writes...
In response to your excellent article: I think that the most important legacy of the current legal crackdown is not the change in the technological landscape like you suggest, but the change in youth culture on the net in general. The increased use of encryption may somewhat mitigate the perception of risk for pirates but not enough to sizeably impact their furtive behavior. Paranoia is rampant in our modern times, and especially on the net. This irrational suspicion tends to seep into all aspects of a person's life, with the net effect of closing them off to people they do not know. The end result is antithetical to the dreams of social software theorists who envision the net as a tool to finally conquer the large-scale alienation experienced by technologically advanced populations. It is not the RIAA that is the enemy, it is our irrational fear of them.
Permalink to Comment2. Zbigniew Lukasiak on December 22, 2003 6:14 AM writes...
There is another file sharing project being discussed on the matadorp2p.tribe.net discussion board.
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