“The genie’s out of the bottle when it comes to the value of
intellectual property and it’s called Gnutella.”
“While Napster fights for its life against the gigantic
record labels, Gnutella and others continue to swap songs and other
property without paying royalties.“
“And that cannot be stopped. The Napster controversy is not
about theft, in my opinion. It’s about bullying and fairness.”
“Gnutella cannot be attacked legally because it is not owned by
anyone, makes no money and has no assets to seize. It is no more
than a label for a process or what amounts to a virtual library.
Only this library is as large, or as small, as the number of
individuals who link to one another through Gnutella. There is no
central “architecture” to attack in geek-speak. It’s a collective
and there are others.”