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"I've achieved my objective, which is to say our technology works," Ikezoye said. "It is interesting that the question has shifted from 'Is this possible?' to 'How should this be deployed?'"

The question of "How should this be deployed?" is the wrong question. A more appropriate question would be "Should this be deployed?" IMO the answer is "Not only no, but f*** no!!" The software would be a monster, consuming bandwidth at a pace that spammers around the world would envy.

The article mentions that implementation would most likely be mandatory via legislation. This is completely the wrong approach. If the data were readily available at a REASONABLE cost, there would be no need for the software. As someone once previously noted, when VHS movies were $90 per, piracy was everything. When prices dropped to under $20, people bought them in droves.

What the RIAA & MPAA fail to understand (purposely) is that the distribution and reproduction costs are effectively nil with the internet. Their business models are failing, and they must either adapt or fail. The MPAA did it once with video tapes when they lost the Betamax war.
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File swapping without paying money for [music] or whatever is copyright ---  IT Consultant_z | 03/03/04
(NT) Troll. Nothing to see here, move along, move along.  James T. Kirk | 03/03/04
I Agree  cybershoplifter | 03/03/04
YES!  ryusen | 03/03/04
Just another alias  AbsolutelyNot | 03/03/04
File swapping without paying money for [music] or whatever is copyright ---  IT Consultant_z | 03/03/04
Hey, then you keep paying up while I steal everything!  Bobby Sskcat | 03/03/04
I Agree The Owner Should Be Paid  cybershoplifter | 03/03/04
Here's how  tic swayback | 03/03/04
Seen it, like it.  cybershoplifter | 03/03/04
sounds good....  NemesisNL | 03/04/04
Sorry..I was downloading some MP3s and ZDNET crashed...  DigitalKid | 03/03/04
blah blah blah PIRACY ROCKS!!!!!!!  cybershoplifter | 03/03/04
Make up your mind, Bitty!  AbsolutelyNot | 03/03/04
Re: Free Sppeech arguments are weakest defense here  Rabid Conservative | 03/03/04
The 4th Amendment has been abolished courtesy of the Bush Administration  Bobby Sskcat | 03/03/04
Who gets the most donations from the Entertaiment Industry?  jfrankcarr | 03/03/04
It's about campaigne $$ & free publicity  bjornafreeman@... | 03/03/04
Thanks for the advice!  Spoon Jabber | 03/03/04
Useless  Letophoro | 03/03/04
Not completely useless  toomuchgreeatea@... | 03/03/04
You miss the point  jfrankcarr | 03/03/04
I'll Buy That  Letophoro | 03/03/04
Other ways beyond P2P  AbsolutelyNot | 03/03/04
What Congress Should Mandate  ParadigmOdyssey | 03/03/04
A Good Thing  MarcB_z | 03/03/04
You got that right...add outkast  cybershoplifter | 03/03/04
Houston we have a problem  cybershoplifter | 03/03/04
So, the way around this is either....  Sir_Chancealot | 03/03/04
So instead of SPAM slowing the net to a crawl...  Sceptical Observer | 03/03/04
blah blah blah PIRACY ROCKS!!!!!!!  cybershoplifter | 03/03/04
OMG I'm such a horrible person  cybershoplifter | 03/03/04
Wrong Question  Letophoro | 03/03/04
Doesn't solve the big problem  tic swayback | 03/03/04
Check out this article  vferrara | 03/03/04
"Grey Tuesday," anyone?  AbsolutelyNot | 03/03/04
Human created software fix usually  FilledOut | 03/03/04
How does this harm consumers?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/03/04
I'm ok with stopping illegal activity  Michael Kelly | 03/03/04
I think 100% is a pipe dream!  cybershoplifter | 03/03/04
In the beginning . . . if a human created it  FilledOut | 03/03/04
Again, here's how:  tic swayback | 03/03/04
And when you buy the company, you get to decide.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/03/04
"Company"?  tic swayback | 03/03/04
Harm  tic swayback | 03/03/04
Huh?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/03/04
Actually...  AbsolutelyNot | 03/03/04
They did best when Napster was around  tic swayback | 03/03/04
when have you ever seen...  ryusen | 03/03/04
Not the whole picture  NemesisNL | 03/04/04
What about UUENCODE????  Goobers | 03/03/04
Freaking biased reporting!  TrollSlayer | 03/03/04
Followed by this  AbsolutelyNot | 03/03/04
there are two kinds of file swapers:  ryusen | 03/03/04
So true, ZZ!  cybershoplifter | 03/03/04
I know I bought more CD because of Napster  voska | 03/03/04
Speaking of thieves...  AbsolutelyNot | 03/03/04
CD have dropped in price big time  voska | 03/03/04
Canadian Dollars and what's out there  AbsolutelyNot | 03/03/04
Don't buy from Record stores  voska | 03/04/04
List price versus sale price  tic swayback | 03/03/04
Donate your $13.86 to the EFF  tic swayback | 03/03/04
why after election ? do it now or you just screw us over after election  M_c | 03/03/04
This has to be one of the stupidist ideas i ever heard....  nite_w0lf | 03/03/04
Stop buying music  buxxmaster | 03/03/04
No, stop buying RIAA music  tic swayback | 03/03/04
Here's more food for thought from Business 2.0  AbsolutelyNot | 03/03/04
No article  d_jedi | 03/03/04
Summarize  AbsolutelyNot | 03/05/04
This system might actually work  d_jedi | 03/03/04
This system is trivial to bypass.  maxo_z | 03/04/04

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