‘New’ Winny p2p file sharing
p2pnet.net News:- Internet Initiative Japan has ripped a page from the Big Four Organized Music book.
In their carefully orchestrated long-term plan to control how, by whom and with what content is distributed online, Warner Music (US), EMI (UK), Vivendi Universal (France) and Sony BMG cartel use international laws to close down formerly independent p2p applications [read potential competitors], “sanetizing” them with Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) applications, and then re-openning them under the corporate umbrella
This Big Four product development plan means cartel members not only get the technology for a song, they get the staff as well. And it’s all achieved under the pretext of fighting ‘piracy’ and file sharing which, claim the multi-billion-dollar labels as they report mind-boggling revenues, are “devastating” them.
Now, according to Reuters, IIJ says it has “new” video and music p2p technology which’ll, “let users share files over the Internet more efficiently than older applications”.
IIJ will, “use a peer-to-peer technology based on the popular Winny file-sharing software developed in Japan, says Reuters, going on, “Previous examples of such software include Napster and Gnutella.”
Winny achieved initial fame in 2003 when some of its users became the first people in Japan to be victimised by the Big Four Organized Music cartel: its creator, Isamu Kaneko, was also arrested.
Kaneko should be jailed, said Japanese prosecutors recently. “The Winny software developed by Isamu Kaneko, 35, caused serious damage, such as violations of copyrights,” they claimed.
It’s now the most famous p2p file sharing application in Japan.
“We want to distribute content that many people want to see but has been a burden for the network,” Reuters has IIJ’s Koichi Suzuki saying, adding that he’s, “also working on improving the technology to increase security”.
And, recently, Suzuki, “questioned the rise of free Web-based services such as Skype and Usen Corp video streaming because they enjoy a ‘free ride’ on a network in which operators such as IIJ have invested heavily,” says the story.
Also See:
Reuters – IIJ plans new file sharing video-music technology, August 29, 2006
recently – Winny author should be jailed, July 4, 2006
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