[JDEV] File transfer and file sharing: view of end-user

[Sebastiaan 'CBAS' Deckers]

Richard Dobson wrote:

> The only problem with adding these file sharing features (people being 
> able
> to download files from someone that were not specifically sent to them) is
> that we move into the firing line of the RIAA etc, its nice for users but
> could be dangerous for us developers and jabber as a whole, before going
> down this path the legality of this needs to be properly sorted out.
>
> Sorry if im putting a dampener on it but these problems do need to be
> thought about.
>
> Richard


I believe the idea would be to share files only with people in a user's 
personal roster.  Not filesharing on a super-massive scale like some of 
the P2P applications do right now.  Think of it more like the shares 
files of your favourite OS.

Of course if the RIAA *did* attack a Jabber client over this, it would 
be an enourmous publicity stunt for the JSF ;-)  (I hope stpeter doesn't 
abuse his dictatorial powers on this!)

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Sebastiaan