How four Microsoft engineers proved that the “darknet” would defeat DRM

Re:How four Microsoft engineers proved that the “darknet” wo... by nathan_long on Friday November 30, 2012 @01:38PM (#4854667)

I agree, but sadly, the illegal route may always be more convenient, for the simple reason that it has fewer goals.

Bittorrent is designed for efficient distribution, period. Any paid service must be designed for efficient distribution AND charging for access.

You can't optimize for two things simultaneously.

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Re:How four Microsoft engineers proved that the “darknet” wo... by spindritf on Friday November 30, 2012 @02:38PM (#4855026)

Illegal route also has to optimize for pirates' budgets which are orders of magnitudes smaller than those of legitimate services.

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