[LINK] RFI: P2P Traffic 2005-06

[Jan Whitaker]

At 08:22 AM 7/08/2006, rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au wrote:
>The third thought is this: once the user traffic has passed a given 
>boundary (let's call it the point of ingress), isn't all traffic "peer to 
>peer"? The definition being sought by marketers isn't a definition of 
>"Internet traffic" but "access network traffic"...
>
>Random musings which may be shredded at will...
>
>RC

I'll bite. I've been having a go on Whirlpool about p2p hogs as they whinge 
so much about poor performance of their connections (pirating stuff). In 
fact the cynical comment when they get too vocal is that *of course* they 
are just trying to get Linux distros. The funny reply then is the whinger 
asking: what's a Linux distro? -- or -- God, I can't get my copy of xxxx tv 
program, what ever will I do!?!

As a result I tried to do a bit of copyright education (long story), but 
ended up with the thread being moved into the p2p forum with the Thread 
title: Illegal downloading under Australian law. It has come up in the top 
20-30 most read threads in all of whirlpool for about a week, with over 
2100 views. Now the top thread on that forum over the past two days is: 
RIAA Sues Limewire (one of the p2p distribution clients).

It's all an interesting insight into the hardcore p2p users.  The link is: 
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-threads.cfm?f=87 is you want to have a 
look.

Jan


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