swatkat
Technomancer
A new technology/method is being used to curb the piracy of music/movies taking place through P2P networks/clients.it's called FILE SPOOFING.
it's a technique in which, a P2P network is continuously monitored and it is filled with dummy files with same attributes-such as Name,Tag,IDv3 info etc- so that user finds it hard to search and differentiate the original and dummy files.if the user downloads these dummy files thinking that they are the required music/movie file,and then play in his computer,he will only hear some Noise,Recursive Clips,Trailors etc.That's the content of these dummy files
One of the company involved in this,in order to curb piracy,is OverPeer.Even though thier Website doesnt give much info about their services,CEO Marc Morganstern says:-
Spoofing at this macro level involves a lot of effort,to consistently spoof the P2P network,some 10000 dummy files (for 1 original file) are needed,so that user find it hard to browse through a vast pool of results.
So,if u want to download Vertigo from U2 now from a P2P,be prepared to get a LOT of results,look out for their size too
Read more:-
*www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,63384,00.html?tw=wn_story_related
*www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,57112,00.html
*www.overpeer.com/index.asp
it's a technique in which, a P2P network is continuously monitored and it is filled with dummy files with same attributes-such as Name,Tag,IDv3 info etc- so that user finds it hard to search and differentiate the original and dummy files.if the user downloads these dummy files thinking that they are the required music/movie file,and then play in his computer,he will only hear some Noise,Recursive Clips,Trailors etc.That's the content of these dummy files
One of the company involved in this,in order to curb piracy,is OverPeer.Even though thier Website doesnt give much info about their services,CEO Marc Morganstern says:-
Overpeer intervenes on behalf of our clients to protect their content from piracy on P2P networks. And, in certain cases, we also may help them build relationships with potential customers who happen to be on the P2P site
Overpeer protects literally thousands and thousands of titles of multiple content types right now for various clients.
Spoofing at this macro level involves a lot of effort,to consistently spoof the P2P network,some 10000 dummy files (for 1 original file) are needed,so that user find it hard to browse through a vast pool of results.
So,if u want to download Vertigo from U2 now from a P2P,be prepared to get a LOT of results,look out for their size too
Read more:-
*www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,63384,00.html?tw=wn_story_related
*www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,57112,00.html
*www.overpeer.com/index.asp