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Sharereactor Interview
September 5, 2003
1) Bullet : From the first day of SR to the present day, what has changed in one word?
--Simon Moon: Gowenna. She started it, with her loss, some 'afterwaves' occured. That is the biggest change.The other was for the crew, its not the same anymore as when it was small, but thats only for the 'veterans' really.
2) Bullet : We had a hot summer with the p2p enemy, the RIAA. The RIAA menaces forced many users to find new solutions to keep them safe and sure about file-sharing. Could you describe how or why the eDonkey2000 (ed2k) network will remain safe?
--Simon Moon : In short, it doesnt. It is as attackable as about every other network, so called secure ones included. The problem with this is first, pages like SR cant be attacked, since they do not supply sources. Second, spreading of partial files is as of yet not illegal, it is hard to define who is the source of the file. Also you could be downloading something called 'my holiday pictures' while the actual file is the latest hardcore porno. So you have a lot of traps in the system already that make it hard to spot people, and to prosecute them.
3) Bullet : I would like to know your opinion about sites that host torrents ... I hate to compare things, but can you give us a reason to choose ed2k instead of Bit Torrent (BT)?
--Simon Moon : Well, you dont know my opinion about BT really. Our policy is no BT on our page or forum. The problems are very easy spotted. First, delivering a file to poeple is more traffic intense then a meta data link (*waves at those out of traffic messages some sites have*). Second, you have to include a tracker in those files, which can be counted under some applications of law as 'direct source' that is equal to sending it to the people yourself. Next you have a tracker, a central source optimizing the spread of the file. Take out the tracker, all torrents with it are fucked up. Take over the tracker and all users using it are fucked up. The high plus with BT is its speed. Thats about it. The high plus in ed2k is that you can get files that have been shared 2 years ago. Go dig some OLD OLD releases from SR. Most of them are still fully available. They are no fast downloads anymore, but still there. Torrents have a lifespan of 2 - 14 days. Donkey links that spread well, multiple years. In other words, if you find something fast on BT, go get it. If you want to dig for things that are a BIT back, go for ed2k. In total, you can download more and more reliably from eDonkey than from BT unless you only download the latest torrents. I like BT. BT is fun. But BT is nothing I can support as the admin of ShareReactor as we stay in a greyzone of law, that isnt illegal (yet?).
4) Bullet : What did you think about Sharmans warning message to Slyck.com in which Slyck.com can not post info about other Kazaa clients not directly related to Sharmans society, because this would violate the DMCA?
--Simon Moon : Bullshit. The DMCA is the biggest pile of crap ever thrown at people. In the darkages people screamed WITCH when they didnt like someone, today you have corporation that can act like persons, (i never saw a big corporation drinking a coffee somewhere) and scream DMCA and everyone has to react swift and harsh. The DMCA is a paradox in a democratic law system, guilty until proven unguilty is the lead there. In my opinion, this is just another marketing thing to make them look 'better' then the rest. As in 'we do something against those evil pirates' while they could just block stuff, like napster did. Good it would be the end of Kazaa, but thats another story.
5) Bullet : In your opinion as a P2P user (rather than an admin), there is one probability that file-sharing could a some day become a payment service, (avoiding mentioning Hemming and Fannings major label adoration!) What do you think?
--Simon Moon : I used P2P to download music in napster time. Today i buy my music or listen to radio. The new services like itunes are interesting, but i think the real idea would be if you could download what you want for a small cost. A real good concept for this would even satisfy the MPAA and RIAA if you do it the right way. After all the radio works somehow too for them, without them knowing exactly how many users listened when and what song, nor where they live and breathe. I believe that something like this is the future, and that it might be
included in future ISP costs. Like they intergrate it as 'hidden cost' and voila, everyone is served. Imagine \$2 per month more. That wouldnt be asking too much for the service you could deliver that way.
6) Bullet : What are the next new features we can expect to be integrated in SR?
--Simon Moon : ShareReactor is currently being rewritten by me. All code except one database part is completly new written. Nothing copied from the old ShareReactor code (this will be ShareReactor V3 already). Together with a new design, that and the new system in where we put all releases, called categorytree, will be the biggest changes. The categorytree allows us to assign one release to multiple categories. So you can browse for example all movies that are released in 2003 (offical release dates, not when we put them online) or go for all PC games that are from the Action/Adventure genre. Enhanced searches, filters, favorite lists and more will come then later after the initial release.
--Simon Moon : Bullshit. The DMCA is the biggest pile of crap ever thrown at people. In the darkages people screamed WITCH when they didnt like someone, today you have corporation that can act like persons, (i never saw a big corporation drinking a coffee somewhere) and scream DMCA and everyone has to react swift and harsh. The DMCA is a paradox in a democratic law system, guilty until proven unguilty is the lead there. In my opinion, this is just another marketing thing to make them look 'better' then the rest. As in 'we do something against those evil pirates' while they could just block stuff, like napster did. Good it would be the end of Kazaa, but thats another story.
5) Bullet : In your opinion as a P2P user (rather than an admin), there is one probability that file-sharing could a some day become a payment service, (avoiding mentioning Hemming and Fannings major label adoration!) What do you think?
--Simon Moon : I used P2P to download music in napster time. Today i buy my music or listen to radio. The new services like itunes are interesting, but i think the real idea would be if you could download what you want for a small cost. A real good concept for this would even satisfy the MPAA and RIAA if you do it the right way. After all the radio works somehow too for them, without them knowing exactly how many users listened when and what song, nor where they live and breathe. I believe that something like this is the future, and that it might be
included in future ISP costs. Like they intergrate it as 'hidden cost' and voila, everyone is served. Imagine \$2 per month more. That wouldnt be asking too much for the service you could deliver that way.
6) Bullet : What are the next new features we can expect to be integrated in SR?
--Simon Moon : ShareReactor is currently being rewritten by me. All code except one database part is completly new written. Nothing copied from the old ShareReactor code (this will be ShareReactor V3 already). Together with a new design, that and the new system in where we put all releases, called categorytree, will be the biggest changes. The categorytree allows us to assign one release to multiple categories. So you can browse for example all movies that are released in 2003 (offical release dates, not when we put them online) or go for all PC games that are from the Action/Adventure genre. Enhanced searches, filters, favorite lists and more will come then later after the initial release.
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