RE: [dvd-discuss] Is "six degrees of seperation" a threat to the copyright industry

["Richard Hartman" <hartman(at)onetouch.com>]

Well for one thing it would presuppose that all six
are involved in P2P sharing...


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-Richard M. Hartman
hartman@onetouch.com

186,000 mi/sec: not just a good idea, it's the LAW!



> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Zulauf [mailto:johnzu@ia.nsc.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 2:05 PM
> To: DVD Discuss
> Subject: [dvd-discuss] Is "six degrees of seperation" a threat to the
> copyright industry
> 
> 
> I've often claimed that the damage to the value of a work is directly
> proportional to the ability of the copyright holder to find the
> infringing copies.  The Microsoft article presented at 2002 
> ACM Workshop
> on Digital Rights Management
> http://crypto.stanford.edu/DRM2002/darknet5.doc makes a contrasting
> point (among many interesting points the paper is recommended.) Their
> claim is that collectively the overlapping network of private 
> P2P shares
> between small groups of individuals is a significant a risk 
> as a public
> share as there are only six degrees of separation between any two
> people.
> 
> Anyone want to take a swing at that assertion.  I have a few thoughts,
> but I don't want to color anyone's comments.
> 
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