A new twist in the works.
ArtistDirect’s Picast offers peer-assisted video delivery, and subsidiary MediaDefender, acquired by ArtistDirect in 2005, is designed to prevent alleged copyright infringement using peer-to-peer distribution.
Apprantly having used tactics such as flooding peer-to-peer networks with decoy files.
Arstechnica, Revision3 CEO: Blackout caused by MediaDefender attack
Wired: MediaDefender Defends Revision3 SYN Attack
Then there was Miivi.com, a video sharing site MediaDefender launched in February 2007.
File-sharing news site TorrentFreak alleged that Miivi.com was created to trap users uploading copyrighted content.
http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-gang-launches-their-own-video-download-site-to-trap-people/
What is PiCast: http://picast.artistdirect.com/home.html
PiCast starts off with your existing Central Server or Content Delivery Network (CDN), so as to retain the stability, security, and control of a centralized infrastructure. However, once there are more than 2 simultaneous users, PiCast begins to coordinate a distributed ‘peer-cast’ environment, where each individual user is enabled as a peer, and begins to act as an additional source of the stream.
Ryan Lawler: MediaDefender Backs P2P Player PiCast
Certifiedbug, August 17, 2008. Spammers pose as MediaDefender
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