Comments on: S Korea anti-p2p file share bill http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7283 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7283/comment-page-1#comment-26266 Reader's Write Tue, 13 Dec 2005 03:08:25 +0000 #comment-26266 From TFA: "Instant messaging services such as MSN Messenger, Web mail and portal services will not be subject to the new law. Only peer-to-peer service and Web hard service will be forced to take actions on the illegal file transactions," said Woo’s aide Park Seung-nak. Oh the irony. IM services and web mail ARE peer-to-peer services, if you think about it. Not quite as efficient as "standard" p2p programs, but if you can use something to send a file to another person, that's p2p at work. Hell, burning a CD, walking over to a friend's house, and giving it to him or her is also p2p. Isn't it strange how stupidity sometimes drives progress? From TFA:
“Instant messaging services such as MSN Messenger, Web mail and portal services will not be subject to the new law. Only peer-to-peer service and Web hard service will be forced to take actions on the illegal file transactions,” said Woo’s aide Park Seung-nak.

Oh the irony. IM services and web mail ARE peer-to-peer services, if you think about it. Not quite as efficient as “standard” p2p programs, but if you can use something to send a file to another person, that’s p2p at work. Hell, burning a CD, walking over to a friend’s house, and giving it to him or her is also p2p.

Isn’t it strange how stupidity sometimes drives progress?

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7283/comment-page-1#comment-26242 Reader's Write Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:45:39 +0000 #comment-26242 The government is there to serve the people. This is clearly not what the people want, instead it's what the music cartels want and are lobbying for. Goverments cease to serve their purpose when they go against the will/greater good of the people. The government is there to serve the people. This is clearly not what the people want, instead it’s what the music cartels want and are lobbying for.

Goverments cease to serve their purpose when they go against the will/greater good of the people.

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