InternetMovies.com Newsletter

IM NewsLetter | ISSN 1546-2110 | Volume # 34 | February 6, 2004

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Special/Investigative Report
1.MUTE - Truly Anonymous File-Sharing?
So how does this keep your identity sealed? It uses methods of encryption to hide your host. Instead of seeing your IP address (ie. 123.45.678.9) you'll see a "virtual address", something like this: HA3D3DSKXME3654DSAD35DSD. It's almost impossible to decypher your real hostname. The only people in the MUTE network that see your actual IP address are those "seed nodes" that we talked about earlier. These seed nodes are the only ones making a direct connection to you, therefore all searches and file transfers come from those seed nodes. They have to know your IP address to be able to connect to you and send you information. However, these seed nodes do not know your virtual address. Therefore there is no way for anyone to connect your IP address to your virtual address on MUTE. There is on one exception however; that is if every seed node you connect to is owned by them, however this is a very unlikely scenario as the seed nodes you connect to are chosen in a pseudo-randomized way

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INTERNET MOVIE NEWS
Kazaa Offices Raided

According to the article:

"In its statement, Sharman labels the search "an extraordinary waste of time, money, and resources," and an attempt by the recording industry to disrupt the company's business. "It is a gross misrepresentation of Sharman's business to suggest that the company in any way facilitates or encourages copyright infringement," the company says."
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Update: Hollywood, P-to-P companies back in court

According to the article:

"Questions about two copyright cases and two technologies, separated by almost 20 years of technological innovation, dominated an appeals court hearing Tuesday that is pitting peer to peer (P-to-P) file sharing software companies against leading entertainment industry groups."

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Hollywood Walks Fine Line on Civil Liberties

According to the article:

"Faced with increasing digital piracy, the entertainment industry has been frantically pushing legislation and filing lawsuits to stem the tide — and your civil rights may be suffering as a result."
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