As someone in the software/networking space, I have a hard time with the author’s lack of attribution of the control/evasion characteristics of networks to people (developers of protocols, network operators, and users). Yeah, he admits the MPAA exists, but dude doesn’t mention Bram Cohen.
Describing files as “artificial life” in
Because peer-to-peer networks on which all files replicate are unpredictable complex systems, the files themselves can be seen as a
form of nonorganic life. The reproduction of files can be described with a family tree in the same way that genetic family trees show the relationships between biological relatives.
is tortured.
Yeah, control/evasion is an arms race, but it isn’t meaningfully described as interactions within file sharing networks. It’s interactions between people, institutions, laws, legislators, courts, and software owned by different actors.
The co-evolution of control and resistance.
As someone in the software/networking space, I have a hard time with the author’s lack of attribution of the control/evasion characteristics of networks to people (developers of protocols, network operators, and users). Yeah, he admits the MPAA exists, but dude doesn’t mention Bram Cohen.
Describing files as “artificial life” in
is tortured.
Yeah, control/evasion is an arms race, but it isn’t meaningfully described as interactions within file sharing networks. It’s interactions between people, institutions, laws, legislators, courts, and software owned by different actors.