THE FUTURE OF CONTENT DISTRIBUTION IN THE DARKNET
Keywords:
Darknet, Distribution, DRMAbstract
In this paper we categorize and analyze existing and future darknets, from both the technical and legal perspectives. We speculate that there will be short-term impediments to the effectiveness of the darknet as a distribution mechanism, but ultimately the darknet-genie will not be put back into the bottle. In view of this hypothesis, we examine the relevance of content protection and content distribution architectures.
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