Have you heard of Freenet (http://freenetproject.org)?

From their homepage:

Freenet is free software designed to ensure true freedom of
communication over the Internet. It allows anybody to publish and read
information with complete anonymity. Nobody controls Freenet, not even
its creators, meaning that the system is not vulnerable to manipulation
or shutdown.

Freenet is also efficient in how it deals with information, adaptively
replicating content in response to demand. We have and continue to
pioneer innovative new ideas such as the application of emergent
behavior to computer communication, and public-key cryptography to
creating secure namespaces. For more information please read this paper
on the Freenet architecture.

(end quote)

The idea of being able to anonymously share information on the internet
is a relatively old one. Freenet is the most successful implementation
of what you describe, and there have even been attempts at more general
internet-service redirection (e.g. triangleboy). These services pose
some interesting political, legal, and philosophical issues beyond mere
technological challenges. The question is: do we really want information
dissemination without any form of accountability?

Bryan

On Fri, 2002-07-12 at 14:24, Golden_Eternity wrote:
> I'm waiting for anonymizer/peekabooty incorporation into a p2p network.

> If the goal of the network is universal access to the files, then the DMCA
> goons are gonna be able to get at the files. And if the connections are
> direct to the system hosting the contraband, then you have the situation
> we're talking about right now. But if the route were somehow obfuscated,
> then no one would really know what system was actually sharing the files
> out.
>
> Of course, then the MPAA/RIAA/etc might go after the P2P service if one
> exists (a la napster) or they might be able to go after you as being a party
> to the violation even though you don't host the file yourself, just act as a
> node on the network...
>
> But it could be interesting.
>
> -G_E
>
> > A better system would be to distrubute (over many hosts) pieces
> > which are not recognisable individually (e.g. bit0.bin, bit1,
> > ...bit8.bin) and then distribute a recombination system.
> > That would mean that you individually would have "0101010100",
> > which they would have to prove was part of whatever.mpg....
> > ...difficult, and harder to prove that _you_knew_ that's what it
> > was!
>

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