[73801] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Senator Diane Feinstein Wants to know about the Benefits of P2P
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Petri Helenius)
Fri Sep 3 15:35:52 2004
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 22:34:39 +0300
From: Petri Helenius <pete@he.iki.fi>
To: Peter Galbavy <peter.galbavy@knowtion.net>
Cc: Michel Py <michel@arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us>,
"Christopher L. Morrow" <christopher.morrow@mci.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <047501c4919f$04ff6310$21e0a8c0@petersdesktopho>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Peter Galbavy wrote:
>
> But this possible assumes that production of new media will either
> slow or stay at a constant rate. The never-yet-realised side effect of
> all this distribution capacity is that possible many more artists will
> have access to the listeners / viewers and in more narrow niches than
> the existing system allows. And that may be the real nightmare for the
> existing vested-interest groups.
Which is one of the real reasons why alternative media distribution
channels from the "traditional" ones should not have large audiences.
(in the assetholders opinion)
Pete
