| > But you also need to find the file first No. He's describing a distributor's options. You are describing a consumer's problem. Specifically pirate comsumers. He doesn't need to find his own file; he needs to distribute it. Publishing is a separate issue. With napster, you only had one publishing option: napster.com. With torrents, you have many. As he said, "just dump the magnet link somewhere". > Unfortunately, bad design won. You're comparing apples and oranges. Napster and bittorent are different tools that solve different problems. He's describing general issues involved in distributing something. You're describing specific issues involved in stealing. Saying "bad design won" is like saying hammers are a bad design compaired to hypodermic needles because you can't use a hammer to inject yourself with heroin. |