Acidus wrote:
] ] What is Dropload?
] ]
] ]
] ] Dropload is a place for you to drop your files off and
] ] have them picked up by someone else at a later time.
] ] Recipients you specify are sent an email with
] ] instructions on how to download the file. Files are
] ] removed from the system after 7 days, regardless if they
] ] have been picked up or not. You can upload any type of
] ] file, mp3, movies, docs, pdfs, up to 100MB each!
] ] Recipients can be anyone with an email address
]
] This seems pretty cool.

These people will have the RIAA all over them in T minus 10... 9...

Decius wrote:
] Acidus wrote:
] ] ] What is Dropload?
] ] ]
] ] ]
] ] ] Dropload is a place for you to drop your files off and
] ] ] have them picked up by someone else at a later time.
] ] ] Recipients you specify are sent an email with
] ] ] instructions on how to download the file. Files are
] ] ] removed from the system after 7 days, regardless if they
] ] ] have been picked up or not. You can upload any type of
] ] ] file, mp3, movies, docs, pdfs, up to 100MB each!
] ] ] Recipients can be anyone with an email address
] ]
] ] This seems pretty cool.
]
] These people will have the RIAA all over them in T minus 10...
] 9...

Now Decius, if you had RTFA, you would see that each dropload can only be picked up once. You would need to upload 1 copy for each person to download: Hardly a reasonable way to mass share music.

Acidus wrote:

] Now Decius, if you had RTFA, you would see that each dropload
] can only be picked up once. You would need to upload 1 copy
] for each person to download: Hardly a reasonable way to mass
] share music.

Sharing of any kind is illegal. But I'd have coupled this system with some cryptography.

Decius wrote:
] Acidus wrote:
]
] ] Now Decius, if you had RTFA, you would see that each
] dropload
] ] can only be picked up once. You would need to upload 1 copy
] ] for each person to download: Hardly a reasonable way to mass
]
] ] share music.
]
] Sharing of any kind is illegal. But I'd have coupled this
] system with some cryptography.

True, and while using it I was kind of wanting some crypto. The point of the site is not a vessel for sharing illegal things. Its simply to allow people a place to put large files for people to get it for various reasons (ie they don't have a HTTP/FTP server to upload to, mail server restricts size, etc). You could use your own PKE on top of it, between the sending and receiving parties.

I wonder if they are pursuing some type of business model with this? Is there even one? Some kind of encrpted file escrow service perhaps?

Decius wrote:
] ] What is Dropload?
] ]
] ]
] ] Dropload is a place for you to drop your files off and
] ] have them picked up by someone else at a later time.
] ] Recipients you specify are sent an email with
] ] instructions on how to download the file. Files are
] ] removed from the system after 7 days, regardless if they
] ] have been picked up or not. You can upload any type of
] ] file, mp3, movies, docs, pdfs, up to 100MB each!
] ] Recipients can be anyone with an email address
]
] This seems pretty cool.

This seems it will be abused... it's a goddamn upz! servar!

Can't wait until some guy posts this on slapdork.

--timball

Neoteric wrote:
] This seems it will be abused... it's a goddamn upz! servar!
]
] Can't wait until some guy posts this on slapdork.

What the hell is slapdork?

Decius wrote:
] Neoteric wrote:
] ] This seems it will be abused... it's a goddamn upz! servar!
] ]
] ] Can't wait until some guy posts this on slapdork.
]
] What the hell is slapdork?

My cleaver euphemism for slashdot.