Developers of P2P software using encryption to thwart RIAA

Wayne Rosso, CEO of Optisoft, the company which develops
Blubster, said the file verification and encryption technology (partially
based on Freenet) would make it easier to recognise legitimate MP3 files
from the garbage files that increasingly plague P2P networks. The
technology, currently in beta testing, is partially limited by only
working between users of the Blobster network.

Upping the
ante

Rosso, the founder of trade group P2P
United and former head of the Grokster network, said adopting measures to
frustrate music industry attempts to hunt down file sharers was justified
by the latter's refusal to adapt its business models to new technology.
The heavy-handed approach it has taken to enforcing its intellectual
property rights also irks Rosso.

Infamy, infamy, they all got it
in for me

Rather than looking at the ways
peer-to-peer technology could open up the opportunity to develop fresh
business models, record industry execs simply want to kill off file
sharing networks, Russo alleged.

Russo and Alan Morris, executive vice
president of Sharman Networks (the firm behind KaZaA), both suggested that
music labels could use file sharing networks as a distribution mechanism
for licensed music tracks, wrapped up in DRM
technology.