IP: Network warfare begins...

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 21:17:12 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Ed Vielmetti <emv () monkey org>
> To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 00:51:09 -0400
> From: Valdis <valdis () orgnet com>
> Subject: network warfare begins...
>
> Interesting news item... the beginning of network warfare?
>
>
>  IFPI unveils Napster search tool
>
> LONDON (Billboard) - As expected, the International Federation of the
> Phonographic Industry on Wednesday unveiled what it claims is the first
> ever publicly available search tool that can track use of
> copyright-holders' works on Napster. IFPI chairman/CEO Jay Berman said the
> tool will likely be reconfigured for other peer-to-peer platforms. The
> Songbird software, developed by Travis Hill, president of Utah-based
> technology company Media Enforcer, searches all available Napster servers
> for variations of artists' names or song titles, including those that are
> misspelled. The user can then choose to have infringing works removed. One
> year in the making, the tool was developed in cooperation with the IFPI's
> anti-piracy unit. Hill said he created the software with an aim to
> "eventually clear the Internet from unauthorized music files."  He said
> Songbird is particularly helpful for artists and independent companies
> that don't have the financial or technical means to protect their works.
> The software is endorsed by artists' organizations that include BIEM,
> CISAC, the International Federation of Musicians, and the International
> Confederation of Music Publishers.
>
> whose agents will evolve faster to attack/block the others' agents?  how
> does one swarm learn faster than a competing swarm?



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