4/27 What is Gnutella?
\_ One of several open source napster clones. I believe it also
doesn't rely on a central set of servers (like Napster) to archive
information about what's where. -John
\_ It's not exactly a napster clone in that it doesn't use the
same protocol as Napster and it's not just for trading
mp3s; but the idea is similar.
It was created by some people at Nullsoft (the WinAmp people),
but when they released a public beta and their new bosses
at AOL/TimeWarner found out, they told them to shut it
down. Last I checked, the "official" Gnutella site is still
out of commission. Try: http://www.gnutella.co.uk
\_ Gnu's implementation of Nutella
\_ Random musing - does Napster keep any log of connections? When
then get shut down some day, will the music industry be able to
get a lot of all the music I've grabbed through them? Will the
volume be too high in general for individuals to get busted?
\_ Why don't you just pay for your damn music? - musician
\_ Because of inadequate purchasing options - if I was
allowed to easily evaluate music before purchasing,
and able to buy on a basis of exactly what I wanted to
buy (i.e. song-by-song basis), I would be *happy* to
support the musicians. I am not willing to support the
leech of the music industry, however. Same goes for the
film industry, once bandwidth is sufficient to pirate
movies. Why can BMG sell discs so cheaply? Why are
CDs more expensive than the more-expensive-to-make audio
cassettes? The industry sucks.
\_ uh, it's called "supply and demand".
Rationalize all you want, but if it becomes
impossible to make money selling CD's/movies,
people will stop doing it. -tom
\_ I trust in human ingenuity. People will
adapt to another model in which they can
still make money and music/art.
\_ uh, it's hard to make money when everyone
steals your product, you selfish moron. -tom
\_ What about concerts? Playing in clubs?
\_ A typical band playing in a typical club
will cover the cost of their dinner and not
much more. The only thing that brings performers
into big arenas to make big money is MASSIVE
RECORD COMPANY PROMOTION. Self-promoted bands
do not make money touring. -tom
\_ In general, the volume will be too high to bust individuals.
However, in your case, they will somehow get back to you at
which point you will get arrested and have to call sky to
bust you out.
\_ Lately, running BSD nap on soda, I always get error connecting
socket. Is this purposeful on soda/berkeley's part, or is this
some temporary snafu, or what? |
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