[d@DCC] [news] Music industry crackdown spawns "cyber-speakeasies" (fwd)

From: Russell McOrmond <russell _-at-_ flora.ca>
To: General Copyright Discussions <discuss (at) digital-copyright.ca>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 13:11:12 -0400 (EDT)

  I found this one interesting enough to forward..

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 electronically counts votes, shouldn't be bought any more than 
 politicians should be bought.  -- http://www.flora.ca/russell/

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Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 13:49:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: CAnet-NEWS@canarie.ca
Subject: [news] Music industry crackdown spawns "cyber-speakeasies"

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[From newscan - BSA]

MUSIC INDUSTRY CRACKDOWN SPAWNS 'CYBER-SPEAKEASIES'
Music download enthusiasts are flocking to 21st century versions of 
"speakeasies" --high-tech clubs that offer encrypted software designed to 
shield users from identification and prosecution by a zealous recording 
industry. Coincidentally, the software now being served up may have broader 
appeal in the business world as well. "The software that users are moving 
toward, it has characteristics that businesses need -- which is a high 
degree of privacy, a high degree of security and the ability to handle 
large files," says New York University telecommunications professor Clay 
Shirky. "Thanks to the RIAA, ease of use surrounding encryption 
technologies, which was never a big deal before, is a big deal now." In 
addition to old favorites such as Kazaa and Morpheus, file-swappers are now 
turning to newer iterations, such as Blubster, which features both stronger 
privacy protection as well as easy-to-use encryption and decryption. 
Another program, called Waste, can be used to set up an encrypted 
instant-messaging and content-sharing network of 50 users, without the 
potential liability of a central server. And an offshoot of Freenet, dubbed 
Locutus, is targeting corporate users with its ability to search corporate 
networks for information distributed across a wide range of computers. 
"It's kind of like Google for people's hard disks, but with added security. 
You can define who has permission to find what kind of files," says Ian 
Clarke, who heads up Freenet and Locutus parent Cematics. (AP/CNN.com 6 Oct 
2003)
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/10/06/underground.internet.ap/index.ht

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