On 20 January 2012 12:14, Alec Muffett <alec.muff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 20 Jan 2012, at 11:00, Tei wrote: > >> Fileshares can organize thenselves in sites based on a forum software >> that is private by default (open with registration), then share some >> "information" file that include the url to the files hosted, and the >> key to unencrypt these files, and some metadata. A special desktop >> program* would load that information file, and start the http >> download. > > > At the risk of kicking over old ground, there are a bunch of privacy > solutions like this; possibly the most complete attempt (in terms of > attempted privacy and distribution) is Freenet: > > http://freenetproject.org/whatis.html > > ...but it's slow; then there's Tahoe-LAFS - a decentralised filesystem: > > https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs > > ...but it's slow; then there are connection anonymisation tools like I2P and > Tor, but - wonderful as they are - they're slow. > > Can you see a pattern developing that would be relevant to the downloader of > 700Mb+ AVIs? :-) > > It would be great to speed them through wider adoption, but until then... > > -a >
These services are not needed yet. But is good that are under study, in case changes in laws or balance of power make it needed. For now, I think people will continue using HTTP download/stream movies and tv series. Perhaps countries where the 3 strikes legislation is aprobed will make one of these systems necesary. But I think speed is a important factor, and no slow system will suceed. -- -- ℱin del ℳensaje.