Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Napster alternatives

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I'd counter that credits is bad because it assumes that you want every
idiot in the world uploading files. As someone who ran several BBS and ftp
sites in the days before the web and is used to the concept of
upload/download quotas I learned that this just makes a lot of people go
elsewhere rather than hassle with you or if you have a file they want but
don't yet have access to they'll dump a bunch of garbage on you. Sure you
could work around this but it'd make the system more complex and waste
just as much effort as just allowing the Net to evolve towards massive
P2P. Remember two years ago when everyone was claiming the web would kill
the Net because there wasn't enough bandwidth? Now it's the same w/
P2P. :) And who the freak cares about ISP rules? ISP's are lame for a
large part and are totally willing to censor their users of any site,
file, or technology that impacts their bottom line in the wrong
direction. That isn't cool in my way of thinking. May as well be censored
by the govt.

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On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Igor Izyumin Jr. wrote:

> While I do not have any objections to distributing music over the web, I do 
> have MANY objections to peer-to-peer file sharing.  First, it is against 
> almost every ISP's rules.  Second, it slows down the internet because it 
> attracts too many clueless idiots.  That's why napster is bad - it attracted 
> too many people, most of whom were just leeching files.  A better system 
> would have credits: if people download 10 megs from you, you have the right 
> to 10 (maybe more) megs of downloads.  That would cut the freeloaders 
> dramatically, cut off most of the clueless morons, and leave a system which 
> has more content.  By the way, the thing you were talking about is called 
> freenet and it's been around for a few years now.
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