Simple programs make file sharing inevitable – Technology

New Scientist

Felten is concerned that Congress might revive a piece of legislation called the Induce Act, which would outlaw file-sharing networks, and he wrote Tiny P2P to make a point. At just 15 lines long, it is around 1 per cent of the size of regular file-sharing programs like BitTorrent. “It shows how little it takes,” he told New Scientist. “P2P can be simple and written very quickly, so to try to ban or prevent the technology is not feasible.”