Comments on: p2pnet Music File Share Top 10

By: Still Skeptical

Still Skeptical — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:04:37 +0000

I would expect BigChampagne to claim that it’s possible, since they make their money by selling the results of their “dynamic, simultaneous, direct monitoring presences on key network nodes.” But what the hell does that mean, and since they aren’t the NSA, how is it technically possible?

I still don’t believe it.

By: KwangErn

KwangErn — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:17:43 +0000

Technically, it seems possible according to http://www.bigchampagne.com/collecting.html

I don’t doubt their technology. I do doubt, however, their reliability of the data harvest.

By: Skeptical

Skeptical — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:23:32 +0000

I don’t believe that it is technically possible to do what BigChampagne claims to do, but I’m far from being an expert.

I can understand how BC might be able to list files most frequently OFFERED for download, particularly on those networks with central servers. But how could they possibly count DOWNLOADS that occur directly from peer to peer, especially on a distributed network without servers using something like kademlia protocol?

Downloads on many p2p networks obtain parts of the file from multiple uploaders. How would BC account for that?

Would those of you who are more knowledgeable care to comment? Is it technically possible? I don’t think so.