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Originally Posted by BoldlyDubious
Correct. Let's get out of the analogy with pbook and back to ebooks and media files in general. According to my proposal (see post #276), if I don't trust you, I should not give you a copy of my media files.
If I trust you and you upload my media all the same, two cases are possible (after the police sends to me an email asking for the data of the person(s) I think might have uploaded my files, in this example you):
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So in your proposal you would only ever share media with
one person?
And they would never share it with anyone else?
Otherwise, how would you know it was me, rather than someone else you had shared the file with? Or someone they had shared it with, and on and on and on.
Or are you going to send the police a list of all people you have ever shared the file with? And are they going to contact them and ask for lists of all the people
they have shared the file with, and so on?
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1) you admit to having uploaded the media and so you get to pay your part of the the fine while I am discharged of any responsibility;
2) you admit nothing (and so probably get out of it for free) while I get to pay my part of the fine. However, in my view I deserve the fine, for having given my files to an unreliable person liable to commit unauthorized media distribution. Next time, no books for you (if I ever talk to you again!).
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3) it wasn't me who shared it, it was:
a) one of the other people you shared it with
b) one of the people they shared it with, ad infinitum
c) someone who gained access to the computers of any of the above people without their knowledge
d) someone who put your identification in the file to cause you hassle, and the file never came from you in the first place
Strong identification is only possible with un-modifiable files, so with are right back to DRM again.