1. Notes: 16 / 3 months ago  from elledark
    elledark: ‘Pirates’ 1 - Repressive Legislation 0At least that’s the way the score is looking at the moment in the ongoing battle between file-sharers and some politicians, acting for big corporations, who want to control how the internet is used through legislation like SOPA, PIPA and ACTA. Tribler is a variant on the popular BitTorrent file-sharing software, but is designed specifically to stay online under any circumstances , including attacks by governments and anti-‘piracy’ organisations.‘The only way to take it down is to take the internet down,’ says Dr Pouwelse of Delft University of Technology. The software has no ‘central point’ to attack and will continue working even if every file-sharing site in the world is taken downIt was widely predicted that computer illiterate politicians and the big corporations they represent, desperate to protect their dinosaur business models, wouldn’t be able to cope with the innovation of online users or the ability of the internet to flow around obstacles and Tribler may be an example of just thatSo this may be encouraging news for anyone who believes that recent attempts at legislation such as SOPA, PIPA and ACTA are grossly disproportionate to any real problem, fundamentally flawed in concept, repressive, over-reaching and potentially harmful to a free and vibrant internet.Story here ..

    elledark:

    ‘Pirates’ 1 - Repressive Legislation 0

    At least that’s the way the score is looking at the moment in the ongoing battle between file-sharers and some politicians, acting for big corporations, who want to control how the internet is used through legislation like SOPA, PIPA and ACTA.

    Tribler is a variant on the popular BitTorrent file-sharing software, but is designed specifically to stay online under any circumstances , including attacks by governments and anti-‘piracy’ organisations.

    ‘The only way to take it down is to take the internet down,’ says Dr Pouwelse of Delft University of Technology. The software has no ‘central point’ to attack and will continue working even if every file-sharing site in the world is taken down

    It was widely predicted that computer illiterate politicians and the big corporations they represent, desperate to protect their dinosaur business models, wouldn’t be able to cope with the innovation of online users or the ability of the internet to flow around obstacles and Tribler may be an example of just that

    So this may be encouraging news for anyone who believes that recent attempts at legislation such as SOPA, PIPA and ACTA are grossly disproportionate to any real problem, fundamentally flawed in concept, repressive, over-reaching and potentially harmful to a free and vibrant internet.

    Story here ..

     

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      Interesting, but I believe...already does this. You don’t need The Pirate Bay
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