Monday, January 13, 2003

Hitting P2P Users Where It Hurts. Overpeer's name doesn't call up images of Big Brother for nothing. Entertainment companies hire the tech startup to stamp out online file swapping by degrading content on peer-to-peer networks. But some say P2P users can always find a workaround. By James Maguire. [Wired News] RIAA's motto   "if you can't beat em, then cheat."  I wonder if overpeer really distinguishes between legal and illegal data or if it simply destroys everything in sight? 7:32:44 PM    comment [] The challenge of on-line games Recently I posted an article about an upcoming online "game" called there.  In that post, I shared my view that the project is 33 million dollars worth of bad ideas that have been done before, better, and for much less in already existing games.  This gamespot article gives a good description of some of the challenges that designers of massive online games face. Check it out http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/gamespotting/011203/2.html 7:29:11 PM    comment []

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