If you're looking for a way to donate to victims of Hurricane Katrina
and show your support for the P2P distribution model at the same time, the
Distributed Computing Industry Association, a P2P trade organization, has a deal for you.
The DCIA will release a version of the song "This Too Will Pass" by
Scooter Scudieri with — yikes — DRM, requiring a payment of 89 cents to
unlock, 80 cents of which will go to victims. Of course, the DRM being
used is the P2P-friendly Weed, so you can still check out the song for
free by downloading it via Kazaa, Grokster and other P2P services. Then
go ahead and hand over the 89 cents, even if you've never paid for
music before, and never will again.Donate to Katrina victims via P2P
If you're looking for a way to donate to victims of Hurricane Katrina
and show your support for the P2P distribution model at the same time, the
Distributed Computing Industry Association, a P2P trade organization, has a deal for you.
The DCIA will release a version of the song "This Too Will Pass" by
Scooter Scudieri with — yikes — DRM, requiring a payment of 89 cents to
unlock, 80 cents of which will go to victims. Of course, the DRM being
used is the P2P-friendly Weed, so you can still check out the song for
free by downloading it via Kazaa, Grokster and other P2P services. Then
go ahead and hand over the 89 cents, even if you've never paid for
music before, and never will again.
