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Microsoft Sponsored Study Concludes that File Swapping Is Here to Stay
Posted by Paul Szynol on Saturday, November 23 @ 16:42:24 EST File Sharing
Four computer scientists hired by Microsoft to present a paper at a DRM workshop are, at the end of their research, pessimistic about the eradication of file swapping.

Napster was defeated, goes one argument, because most of the data originated from few sources. As broadband becomes more widely accessible, however, the pool of participants will significantly increase, and their high number will defeat attempts to stop file-swapping.

The paper apparently also takes a dim view of the efficacy of available DRM systems.

BBC reports here.

 
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Re: Microsoft Sponsored Study Concludes that File Swapping Is Here to Stay (Score: 0)
by Anonymous (Name Withheld on Advice of Counsel) on Sunday, November 24 @ 03:03:28 EST
So they basically concluded that DRM does not work?

Well I could have told you that!

Oh well, we need professionals to tell us this, or no one will be willing to understand that the content providers need to change thier bussiness model, not punish the consumer.


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