[FreedomCalls]

There is already such a P2P network -- it's called "FreeRepublic"! Even as they try to censor our access to news -- Free Republic is there.

[GeronL]

Will FR ever go p2p??

[LibKill]

There is already such a P2P network -- it's called "FreeRepublic"! Even as they try to censor our access to news -- Free Republic is there.

I rely heavily on FR for news. I get truth here.

[DannyTN]

The internet has broken the stranglehold the major media has. More and more people are becoming aware of it.

However the problem with the internet is too much information. Therefore you need places like freerepublic where you can go to.

People will probably gravitate to the type of "spin" they want to hear. But all in all, I expect reporting will become more factual and balanced not less.

[plsjr]

I guess you're referring to Jim's post "More copyright complaints".

I'm wondering if we take up using "eMule Plus", Peer to Peer software available at http://emuleplus.sourceforge.net and establish an online community using capabilities like Community Sharing, Countermeasures against unfair clients, Source Filters, Queue Filters, etc. as mentioned in the comprehensive list of features would be a way to overcome the censorship and maintain the wonderful FreeRepublic archives?

I stumbled across this evening and it was too much of a coincidence not to mention.

[Free2Be49]

I don't understand how this P2P works. Is it a special software? How can it be used to share news stories? How does it maintain our private information?

[DentsRun]

I don't understand why a P2P network is an advantage over what we have today. Much of what we currently find on the internet is uncensored. Look at the blog sites. People say pretty much whatever they want and you can read what they post and decide for yourself. Or is the point that there is some control over the blog sites. And with P2P, there wouldn't even be that?

[GOPJ]

But what of fears that the infrastructure that allows such ad hoc news networks to grow might also be abused by criminals and terrorists?

Or PR firms...

[Jim Robinson]

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