Re: FreeBSD Torrent Server

On 1/31/07, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Why?

FreeBSD isn't commercial software, there's no need to go through
all the hocus pocus to conceal the uploader so the RIAA doesen't
sue him. Standard FTP works perfectly fine at any of the mirror sites,
and you will get your ISO no slower.

Ted

Bittorrent does nothing to conceal the uploader's identity.

The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of Amarica) doesn't give a
damn about the piracy of commercial software, the RIAA cares about the
piracy of music distributed by their member companies. <opinion>The
RIAA exists to be the bully for their member companies and to draw the
negative public relations away from those member companies.</opinion>

--
Jeremy Faulkner
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