Skypecasting - P2P File Sharing 140
shashark writes "Technologically savvy users are merging these technologies to "Skypecast",
using Skype's service to distribute recordings across the internet for free.
This allows expert users to run their own mini-radio stations, which can be
accessed by any Skype user. Skype does not actively support these uses, but
encourages its users to find new applications for their service. Other possibilities discussed by Skypecasters at
Unbound Spiral or
Moodle are to turn an MP3 player into a radio station for any of Skype's 29
million registered users to dial up using their Skype line. Instructions also
are available on how to record a personal soap opera and use Skype to distribute
it en masse. Even more ominously, some Skypecasters record Skype calls and post
them on the Internet."
RIAA? (Score:5, Insightful)
Blame Game. (Score:4, Insightful)
Remember: Blame the users, not the technology.
I call bullshit (Score:5, Insightful)
This sounds like some marketing droid at Skype trying to invent a phenomenon by pretending that it already exists.
They already have wiretapping rights (Score:4, Insightful)
Didn't the government already rule that wiretapping applies to internet communications?
And having a phone would only stregnthen that argument for requiring ISP companies to have technology which allows for wiretaps.
But I don't see how VoIP will help P2P, it is just between 2 people, not like Napster was, or BitTorrent where one person shares, and anyone can d/l.
ShoutSkype Bridge? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:What's the point? (Score:3, Insightful)
It's official... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:RIAA and the options left -- (Score:4, Insightful)
It's not Free software, how do you know? The intelligence agencies probably have their own back doors built in. I wish that skype will die and that it will be replaced by some open and free standard. Like the gnomemeeting guys said, skype is hype [gnomemeeting.org]
Re:Wiretapping (Score:3, Insightful)
Quoting further from the link you posted: So let's say I'm a party to a phone conversation with my friend Bill, who was telling me all about his new job. Seeing as how I'm on the other end of the line, how is it not possible for me to "intercept" the oral communication? This could be interpreted such that anyone engaging in a telephone call is guilty of a misdemeanor!
How in the name of all that is holy do such vague and ambiguous laws get passed?
Good Call (Score:4, Insightful)
Look at the the "bullet points" from the article:
>>A growing number of people are sharing the digital music on MP3 players and other music devices using freely available software and Skype, a free Internet phone service.
How are mp3 players part of this? Sure, you could rip the stream from skype, tag it and save it, then transfer it to your iPod, but it would be a pain and sound pretty bad.
The enthusiasts are borrowing heavily from another personal broadcasting phenomenon called podcasting, in which digital recordings are posted on a Web site for download to a variety of music players, including desktop PCs and portable gadgets like Apple Computer's wildly popular iPod.
They're borrowing more heavily from kids who used to play songs for each other over the telephone, with similar results.
"Skypecasters," as they call themselves, use Skype's peer-to-peer telephone network to distribute recordings over the Internet directly to each other for free.
This is a case of someone tossing around buzzwords without understanding the technology, in an "iPods! P2P! Skype! Isn't it all just so neat!" kind of way.
I give it a week before some bonehead is yammering on about how "BlueCasting" is all the rage.
Re:Wiretapping (Score:3, Insightful)
"This copyrighted telecast is presented by the authority of the Seattle Mariners and may not be reproduced or retransmitted in any form and the accounts and descriptions of this game cannot be disseminated without the express written consent of the Seattle Mariners."
The Mariners scored three runs in the fourth inning today in their game against the Texas Rangers.
Did I just violate someone's copyright? Will this post have to be deleted like the Scientology post?
Oh and the phone just rang. It was a wrong number. Someone looking for Bill.