What and why of Navi-X
July 27, 2011 7:12 AM Subscribe
What's the deal with Navi-X and similar "media browsers"? How do they work? How much longer are they likely to work?
I know that the argument is that they only link to third-party generated content (whatever that may be) but that was the argument unsuccessfully employed by the bittorrent trackers. Is there something different with regard to these media browsers that less likely to result in a crackdown by the content providers (as that was the argument unsuccessfully employed by the bittorrent trackers)? Does the technology employed by Navi-X and similar media browsers lend itself as easily to determining the IP address of the end user as bittorrent? I'd like to know more about these services from someone with more experience/knowledge than myself, I am quite curious. As the content providers shift toward providing streaming content themselves or via license, I find it difficult to understand how these services are still active.
I know that the argument is that they only link to third-party generated content (whatever that may be) but that was the argument unsuccessfully employed by the bittorrent trackers. Is there something different with regard to these media browsers that less likely to result in a crackdown by the content providers (as that was the argument unsuccessfully employed by the bittorrent trackers)? Does the technology employed by Navi-X and similar media browsers lend itself as easily to determining the IP address of the end user as bittorrent? I'd like to know more about these services from someone with more experience/knowledge than myself, I am quite curious. As the content providers shift toward providing streaming content themselves or via license, I find it difficult to understand how these services are still active.
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Well, I haven't heard of them, and ... let's just say these sorts of things are relevant, in a general way, to my interests. So I suspect they're just flying under the radar right now.
Napster did the same thing for a long time, too, as did the Bittorrent trackers at first. The big rightsholders tend to be reactive rather than proactive; they don't go after something until (in their minds) it's affecting their bottom line. Then it's nothing but claws and teeth until there's nothing left but bloody scraps and legal bills.
But by then the kids will have moved on to something else, so nothing will have really changed.
posted by Kadin2048 at 11:54 AM on July 27, 2011