[sldev] P2P Web Textures now in demand to enable lossless image downloads to viewer

Chance Unknown chance at kalacia.com
Mon Jul 9 21:21:33 PDT 2007


at what point do i need to establish a torrent for textures when there are
only 3 people there? this seems to be an overdesign to a problem that isnt
present. torrents for 3 arent way cool.

On 7/9/07, Taran Rampersad <cnd at knowprose.com> wrote:
>
>
> >> * are there any legal issues? What happens if a texture is being
> infringed
> >> upon and someone overzealous decides to subpoena everyone who is
> >> distributing the texture, or worse, if the textures are highly illegal
> >> pictures. The liability doesn't just have to be remote or theoretical,
> it
> >> has to be non-existent since no one but LL can claim a common carrier
> status
> >>
> >>
> > Whew. This has happened before - I believe the case is still in court
> > after nearly 8 years.
> >
> Which case?
> >> I don't mean to be critical, but it doesn't seem like any of the above
> is
> >> taken into consideration and it's being debated without there being any
> >> actual need or practical purpose.
> I'd go with 'not feasible at this time or in the near future'. The
> bandwidth usage would probably stay constant, and may even increase.
>
> --
> Taran Rampersad
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