A Grand Unified Theory Of Filesharing

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Felten's Grand Unified Theory of
Filesharing

Felten's Grand Unified Theory of
Filesharing 04/12/2004 03:34 PM
On "Freedom to Tinker," Ed Felten writes:

Recently we've seen several studies of the impact of filesharing on CD sales. We have enough data now to draw some (very) preliminary conclusions, assuming the studies are correct. Despite the apparent contradictions between the various studies, I think there is a plausible theory that can explain them all -- a Grand Unified Theory of Filesharing.

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"Freedom to Tinker: A Grand Unified
Theory of Filesharing"

"Freedom to Tinker: A Grand Unified
Theory of Filesharing" 04/14/2004 10:32 PM

The Grand Unified Theory of Media

The Grand Unified Theory of Media 07/23/2004 08:01 PM

Direct and Related Links for 'The Grand Unified Theory of Media'

“Convergence, hah. Right now, I’m suffering from massive media divergence. I’ve got TV shows on my TiVo, photos and some videos on my PC, different MP3 tunes on my laptop and my desktop (not to mention on my portable MP3 player). So when I want to find a particular piece of media, I don’t know where to start.”…

"We yearn for a grand unified theory of
Bushism that would put the two halves of
the agenda together. Now, at last, with
the revelation that Ahmad Chalabi has
been passing intelligence information to
the regime in Iran, the opportunity
presents itself to..."

"We yearn for a grand unified theory of
Bushism that would put the two halves of
the agenda together. Now, at last, with
the revelation that Ahmad Chalabi has
been passing intelligence information to
the regime in Iran, the opportunity
presents itself to..." 06/05/2004 03:05 PM

Mac OS X: The Grand Unified Platform

Mac OS X: The Grand Unified Platform 04/12/2004 06:09 PM
No OS is perfect, but by combining the ease of use that Windows users expect, and the eminent hackability of the Unix platforms, OS X makes a great case for a one-size-fits-all solution. By Aaron Vegh, OSNews.com (via MyAppleMenu)

Grand Unified Linux Installer

Grand Unified Linux Installer 09/13/2004 01:09 PM
In the beginning...

"Jason Salavon - The Grand Unification
Theory (Part One: Every Second of Star
Wars)"

"Jason Salavon - The Grand Unification
Theory (Part One: Every Second of Star
Wars)" 09/22/2004 08:24 AM

Jason Salavon - The Grand Unification
Theory (Part One: Every Second of Star
Wars)

Jason Salavon - The Grand Unification
Theory (Part One: Every Second of Star
Wars) 09/21/2004 09:10 PM
Jason Salavon - The Grand Unification Theory (Part One: Every Second of Star Wars)

salavon.com/GUT/GUT_StarWars.shtml
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Interesting Theory. But Journalists
Don't Do Theory. Do They?

Interesting Theory. But Journalists
Don't Do Theory. Do They? 01/07/2004 03:12 PM
Everett Erlich calls Dean a Third Party "taking over" the Democrats. Jeff Jarvis says the Dean campaign is really a one way machine pumping out propaganda like all before it. Meanwhile, Tom Mangan, newspaper editor, wonders what good "theory" does in journalism.

Moore on filesharing of F 9/11

Moore on filesharing of F 9/11 07/04/2004 06:49 PM

Sunday Herald

The activist, author and director told the Sunday Herald that, as long as pirated copies of his film were not being sold, he had no problem with it being downloaded. "I don't agree with the copyright laws and I don't have a problem with people downloading the movie and sharing it with people as long as they're not trying to make a profit off my labour. I would oppose that," he said. "I do well enough already and I made this film because I want the world, to change. The more people who see it the better, so I'm happy this is happening."

Interesting quote, but as Xeni points out, after the box office hit in the US, he can sort of afford to say that. If he felt this way, it would have been cool if he had put a Creative Commons license on it. Still, I think this is better than nothing. Xeni also points out the film's distributor is clearly against "sharing" of the film on the Internet.

via Xeni @ Boing Boing and Creativ e Commons Weblog

Moore on filesharing of F9/11: No prob

Moore on filesharing of F9/11: No prob 07/04/2004 12:11 PM
Michael Moore was quoted in the Sunday Herald today as welcoming the free copying and distribution of his film on the 'Net for noncommercial use. Reading these comments -- made after the film's unprecedented big bang opening -- I can't help but wonder how very significant it would have been for Moore to have released this work under a Creative Commons license, or to have made such comments in advance of the release (perhaps he did, and I missed them?).

The activist, author and director told the Sunday Herald that, as long as pirated copies of his film were not being sold, he had no problem with it being downloaded. "I don't agree with the copyright laws and I don't have a problem with people downloading the movie and sharing it with people as long as they're not trying to make a profit off my labour. I would oppose that," he said.

"I do well enough already and I made this film because I want the world, to change. The more people who see it the better, so I'm happy this is happening."

Link (Thanks, Boris, and Jean-Luc)

Update: An American BoingBoing reader who's a military man in Afghanistan (requesting anonymity) writes, "Every other week here in Kabul, a bazaar is held on our base where local products are sold. Some of those "local products" are pirated movies. I just thought you'd like to know that Fahrenheit 9/11 was the big seller here this Friday."

Steganos Secure Filesharing 6

Steganos Secure Filesharing 6 08/31/2004 11:38 AM
vnunet.com Aug 31 2004 3:52PM GMT

Feds say filesharing war = drug war

Feds say filesharing war = drug war 01/04/2005 01:19 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: Russell Page sez: This is a bit of an interesting story at CNN about filesharing:

"There are a lot of similarities with the drug war," said David Israelite, chairman of the U.S. Justice Department's Intellectual Property Task Force. "You never really are going to eliminate the problem, but what you hope to do is stop its growth."

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Legal filesharing with Weedshare

Legal filesharing with Weedshare 04/12/2004 12:45 PM
Where's the WE in itunes? Weedshare is a filesharing service/company that rewards users for sharing music files. Unfortunately, they're Windows only (and use DRM but with good reason), but still interesting...

Phex - the P2P filesharing client

Phex - the P2P filesharing client 08/31/2004 11:25 AM
Gnutella Client Phex 2.1.0 BETA released

Antipiracy bill targets filesharing

Antipiracy bill targets filesharing 06/18/2004 01:59 AM

MyTunes, iTunes filesharing for windows

MyTunes, iTunes filesharing for windows 11/15/2003 07:46 AM
MyTunes

drunkenaardvark.com
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Enter Avalanche: P2P filesharing from
Microsoft

Enter Avalanche: P2P filesharing from
Microsoft 06/17/2005 04:26 PM
The Register Jun 16 2005 4:08PM GMT

RIAA Files 477 New Filesharing Lawsuits

RIAA Files 477 New Filesharing Lawsuits 04/28/2004 05:32 PM

XNap - java filesharing client

XNap - java filesharing client 03/13/2003 06:03 PM
XNap 2.4r1 released

Student jailed and fined for filesharing

Student jailed and fined for filesharing 03/14/2005 06:04 PM

A court sentenced a University of Arizona student to jail time and a fine for illegally sharing and possessing copyrighted materials. Some of the films were currently being shown in theaters.

Besides incarceration, Dhaliwal also was sentenced to three years' probation and 200 hours of community service, and fined $5,400.

(via Edupage )

Five Giants in Technology Unite to Deter
FileSharing

Five Giants in Technology Unite to Deter
FileSharing 01/06/2004 05:36 AM

nytimes.com/2004/01/05/business/05share.html
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Filesharing-savvy CD promo strategy for
Green Day

Filesharing-savvy CD promo strategy for
Green Day 09/27/2004 01:19 AM
Xeni Jardin: BoingBoing Matthew Hawn says, "The band Green Day is selling pre-printed CDRs with the artwork of their last 5 major-label albums. You can buy the pack for $7.99. The band is coyly suggesting that these are for people who buy music digitally but file-sharing fans should rejoice that their CD don't have to look home-made. Nice gesture from the band to their fans... and a clever marketing ploy by their label, Warner Bros." Link

Economist: assault on filesharing by
entertainment biz is senseless

Economist: assault on filesharing by
entertainment biz is senseless 03/28/2005 01:18 PM
Xeni Jardin: Tomorrow, the US Supreme court will hear arguments in MGM v. Grokster, a case which will determine the fate of internet filesharing apps -- and any other tech invention that could potentially be used for copyright infringement. This news analysis piece in the Economist says "attacking the technology behind file-sharing could stifle innovation without tackling the industry’s long-term problems."

But even if the entertainment business manages to coax more users into paying for legal downloads and succeeds in court against Grokster and StreamCast, its problems are unlikely to go away. True, a Supreme Court ruling in the industry’s favour would put paid to other P2P services. But it is not clear that curbing illegal downloading will translate into extra sales for the music business. A rush into legal downloading would hardly be good for sales of CDs: some cannibalisation is inevitable. And perhaps the decline in global sales is indicative of a far greater problem for the music industry—consumers simply think that many of its products are just not worth paying for

Link (Thanks, Ryan).

Doom 3 Demo Prompts Filesharing Frenzy

Doom 3 Demo Prompts Filesharing Frenzy 09/19/2004 03:18 PM
Just hours after a demo of Doom 3 for Windows made its debut onto the Web, copies began to spread throughout the game's vast network of enthusiast sites and peer-to-peer torrents. id Software has produced a playable demo of Doom 3's three level Mars City mission that is sure to push players' hardware to its limits.

Ask a Music Producer/Publicist About
Filesharing and the RIAA

Ask a Music Producer/Publicist About
Filesharing and the RIAA 10/30/2003 11:48 PM

French ISPs sign charter to end illegal
filesharing

French ISPs sign charter to end illegal
filesharing 08/02/2004 09:48 AM
Computer Weekly Aug 2 2004 12:31PM GMT

Economist:: legal assault on filesharing
by entertainment biz is senseless

Economist:: legal assault on filesharing
by entertainment biz is senseless 03/28/2005 10:15 AM
Xeni Jardin: Tomorrow, the US Supreme court will hear arguments in MGM v. Grokster, a case which will determine the fate of internet filesharing apps -- and any other tech invention that could potentially be used for copyright infringement. This news analysis piece in the Economist says "attacking the technology behind file-sharing could stifle innovation without tackling the industry’s long-term problems."

But even if the entertainment business manages to coax more users into paying for legal downloads and succeeds in court against Grokster and StreamCast, its problems are unlikely to go away. True, a Supreme Court ruling in the industry’s favour would put paid to other P2P services. But it is not clear that curbing illegal downloading will translate into extra sales for the music business. A rush into legal downloading would hardly be good for sales of CDs: some cannibalisation is inevitable. And perhaps the decline in global sales is indicative of a far greater problem for the music industry—consumers simply think that many of its products are just not worth paying for

Link (Thanks, Ryan).

Schwarzenegger signs bill requiring
email addresses for filesharing

Schwarzenegger signs bill requiring
email addresses for filesharing 09/23/2004 11:15 AM
Xeni Jardin: California governor Arnold Schwarzenneger -- a man who found considerable fame and fortune in Hollywood -- signed an MPAA-backed bill into law Tuesday that requires anyone sharing a file that goes to more than 10 people outside their immediate family to provide a valid email address and title of the work.

California file sharers who trade songs or films without providing an e- mail address will be guilty of a misdemeanor, under the first-in-the-nation measure that could make it easier for law enforcement to track down people who illegally download copyrighted material. The bill is the latest attempt by film and music trade associations to combat the hard-to-police use of file-sharing software.

The signing was hailed by the bill's sponsor, the Motion Picture Association of America, whose president, Dan Glickman, noted in a statement that Schwarzenegger had "a unique understanding of the powerful impact of piracy.'' The governor remains a member of the Screen Actors Guild, which supported the bill.

Link to SF Chronicle story, link to SB 1506 bill text. (thanks Michael Parenti, Matthew Mills, Andy, and others)

Unified I/O 2.0

Unified I/O 2.0 07/25/2004 02:24 AM
A high performance I/O library for random access to any data or stream.

Europe unified on GMO

Europe unified on GMO 04/15/2005 12:28 PM
USA Today Apr 15 2005 4:46PM GMT

Unified Data Access for .NET

Unified Data Access for .NET 11/19/2003 12:27 AM
WebmasterBase Nov 19 2003 0:02AM ET

why Solaris and Linux can't be unified

why Solaris and Linux can't be unified 09/22/2004 08:51 PM
Sun's Eric Schrock wrote a great post about why Solaris and Linux can't be unified.

Quality through Unified Action

Quality through Unified Action 11/12/2003 10:24 PM
AQUA releases JSPuzzles7 under Academic Free License

Best practices for unified security

Best practices for unified security 07/02/2004 05:54 PM
*Have a clear, strategic plan ? including goals and expectations for deployment ? developed with broad participation from multiple constituencies.

Unified Mail Filter Interface

Unified Mail Filter Interface 04/10/2004 06:25 AM
First alpha release jumfi

Unified Qmail Patch 2004_05_02

Unified Qmail Patch 2004_05_02 05/02/2004 10:00 AM
A concatenation of various patches.

How to Fail with the Rational Unified
Process (PDF)

How to Fail with the Rational Unified
Process (PDF) 04/12/2004 06:14 AM
This article has a good summary of a lot of mistakes in the software development life-cycle, including a comprehensive critique of the waterfall model (waterfalls are pretty but they just don't work).

More info on RUP. At our company we don't use RUP (you have to pay to use RUP), but we do adhere to the ideas of the spiral model.

Verizon Discovers Unified Messaging

Verizon Discovers Unified Messaging 08/09/2004 06:09 AM
Apparently, the telcos are being forced to innovate again, and they're doing so by looking back at what people have talked about for ages. The idea of "unified messaging" or "unified communications" isn't particularly new, so it's not entirely clear why Wired News seems to think it's absolutely amazing that Verizon has just figured out how to offer such services. A lot of the big telcos have been slow to offer these kinds of features, even if smaller, nimbler companies (especially in the VoIP space) have been messing around with them for years. In this case, Verizon is giving some users the ability to manage voicemails, emails and text messages via their computer or their phone, including the ability to transfer calls to the most appropriate phone based on time of day or to automatically transfer certain calls to voicemail. These are all things many VoIP providers have been offering for a while, so if anything, this is just Verizon trying to catch up.
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