Re: [circle] circle future?

[Jiri Baum]

Jiri:
> > Given the recent tactics of the RIAA, however, this seems much less
> > relevant than it did only a few months ago.
> [...]
> > Another possibility would be to add anonymity; but freenet already
> > does that, it would entail a profound re-think of the algorithms (to
> > the point that it wouldn't be circle any more), and some of us may
> > be uncomfortable with full anonymity anyway.

thomasV1:
> It is difficult to imagine how to make a hashtable anonymous...

Like I wrote, it'd be a fundamental re-think of the algorithms. Some
degree of hashing would probably still be there, but it would be much
more complicated.

I wonder what 3-of-5 encoded files would be like? Pain to use, but...

> However, publishing a link in a hashtable is not a copyright
> infringement.

Cites?

Certainly at least the publishers like to use words like "approve" and
"countenance" in this context. That doesn't mean that's the law, of
course, but it does mean that it's at the least dubious.

> If I run that machine, I might decide not to let everybody download
> the file, but only my family, or myself at a different location. This
> is called fair use.

Perhaps so, but that in itself would be a change in circle (currently,
published files are, well, published; if some of them were to be
restricted, the protocol would need to change to account for that).

Hmm, this does give the interesting option of only sharing within a
small circle of friends; given the "6 degrees" thing, it should be
nearly as good in practice, and given a bit of legal research it might
even be almost legal.


Jiri
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