The RIAA continue to sue a few grains of sand in the file-sharing beach. The Russians behind Allofmp3.com play cat and mouse with the music industry by wrapping the site in new skins and brand names. Limewire has 18.7% share of all music services on the Net. If that’s not enough for the music industry, it’s about to get worse.
In the near future, it’s alleged, is WireFrost, a p2p system that includes the best of BitTorrent with the best of p2p. But right now there’s Pownce.
Pownce.com is a file sharing site with a difference. It’s a closed system. If I’m a member, I only share with friends that I choose – friends who are also members. No-one else gets sight of my or our activity. Since it’s effectively an invisible closed system, tracking activity and curtailing it will be that much harder.
Presently, you have to be invited to be a member of Pownce. But this is just an extension of an idea that’s already active within established p2p groups. How long before a Pirate Bay style group push this out?
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