from p2p-hackers On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 2:52 AM, grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 2:13 AM, David Barrett <dbarrett@quinthar.com> wrote:

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My sense is p2p tech is on the downswing, but not forever. With Netflix focusing more on original content, Pandora looking at being acquired, etc -- the days of very affordable on demand content might be limited. Piracy is a check on content price

Piracy is a check on freedom, ease of access, and utility, among other things. Though "price" may encompass many things, strict monetary "price" alone is the least of its reasons.

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gouging, and it'll rear it's head whenever the content providers forget that consumers are paying for marginal convenience over piracy -- not content. The content is already free, and that will never change. If the cost of that convenience goes up too high (or its coverage goes down too far), piracy will be there to fill in the gap -- and p2p tech will get an influx of new attention.

One very positive move is Netflix allowing downloads for offline or weak internet viewing. Hopefully we'll see more of that and piracy can stay quiet!

Incidentally if you are interested in non-piracy p2p, check out bedrockdb.com -- exciting stuff!