I think it was called “Tiny”.

Applying the term “sophisticated” to file sharing software is, well, uh, sophistic, at best. Most of it is an additional layer of basic networking software with some additional search capabilities. Even bit torrent’s basic core functionality is relatively mundane. It’s the balls and whistles on the various GUIs plus all of the “revenue generation” features (pesty pop-ups & ads) that have nothing to do with copyright infringement that make it seem complex.

“Sophisticated software” would be an application that provides for real time control, tracking and reporting of a high power radar that tracks orbital space debris the size of a golf ball to within an accuracy of 1 meter to determine if it’s a threat to valuable space assets such as a communications satellite or a manned space vehicle.

Once again, the entertainment cartels are in hyper-spin mode peddling the falsehood that creating p2p software is some kind of black art that can only be practiced by a handful of evil nerds while engaged in bizarre rituals performed while wearing funny hats and ingesting pernicious sacraments of over-caffeinated beverages.

The assertion is just another big load of self-serving BS carefully constructed to scare people and make such software sound like it’s actually physically dangerous.

–TG

If apple let’s the market charge the appropriate rate (meaning if RIAA wants to charge $1.75 for the newest hot 100 track), the market will correct itself. RIAA will soon realize that (most) people aren’t willing to pay that much for a single song, and the price will naturally drop.

By fixing it at 99c, the general public is less likely to realize what a ripoff iTMS is in the first place, and will continue to buy that C.R.A.P. Eventually (hopefully), they’ll smarten up, but it will take a lot longer