What happens when someone makes a distributed client to query an index of links to torrents hosted on legitimate file storage sites like dropbox? If everything becomes distributed how will they be able to kill it?
IMHO the long term solution would be to compete with pirates instead of trying to shut them down. There is a simple reason why piracy exists, because there is a demand for it. As long as the demand exists someone will try to fulfill it. Since, you can't sue millions of people in different countries and jurisdictions maybe it is time to sit down and reflect on what is the best course forward.
If I were the RIAA then I would use torrent networks to my advantage. They're ideal to transfer data at negligible cost. You only need to seed the file initially. So you don't have to cough up a lot of money for a high bandwidth server. They could come up with a system which takes money for a download pass within their platform. Don't put up any locks, instead put in a competitive price which will be far lower than iTunes due to the lack of a huge central server.
I genuinely believe that no one wants to be a thief people can't afford to buy media at the audacious prices they charge so they turn to such ways and means. If they can proactively cut this off then they'll be able to make far more money than they can even imagine.
I feel like an idiot right now. I am sorry. I should have checked if I was rehashing some old thing. I just got really excited and wrote this down. Sorry.
IMHO the long term solution would be to compete with pirates instead of trying to shut them down. There is a simple reason why piracy exists, because there is a demand for it. As long as the demand exists someone will try to fulfill it. Since, you can't sue millions of people in different countries and jurisdictions maybe it is time to sit down and reflect on what is the best course forward.
If I were the RIAA then I would use torrent networks to my advantage. They're ideal to transfer data at negligible cost. You only need to seed the file initially. So you don't have to cough up a lot of money for a high bandwidth server. They could come up with a system which takes money for a download pass within their platform. Don't put up any locks, instead put in a competitive price which will be far lower than iTunes due to the lack of a huge central server.
I genuinely believe that no one wants to be a thief people can't afford to buy media at the audacious prices they charge so they turn to such ways and means. If they can proactively cut this off then they'll be able to make far more money than they can even imagine.