Decentralization is one strategy in a bigger picture, including: • OSS (eMule harder to kill than eDonkey) • Nonprofits (pure torrent trackers argue this) • Diff in intl law (Sweden > US for anti-copyright) • Reducing impact of takedowns (Pirate Bay hosts own DB archive)
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Again, this isn’t a manifesto I’m just speaking about the themes we see historically and today for mainstream stuff. These patterns emerge for Tor, BitTorrent, and Bitcoin.
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Citations: • "there's no way for [the RIAA] to pursue the entity eMule" (see pic) • "He also fails to see how a non-profit service … can be seen as online commerce " https://torrentfreak.com/top-torrent-tracker-knocked-offline-over-infringing-hashes-150406/ … • Sweden: https://yalelawtech.org/2011/02/23/a-pirates-life-in-sweden/ … • https://thepiratebay.org/static/dump/ https://twitter.com/backus/status/1016428419674882048 …pic.twitter.com/NG1ElIhKr8
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