Hashing won't work because the RIAA will just serve a slightly different file every time.

The only way is to have a list banned IP addresses and propagate it across the networks.

After that the problem will be how to avoid the fake lists the RIAA is putting on the network.

After that.....well... who knows.


As for spammers, you have to detect nodes which reply to *anything* by sending them random text and seeing if they say they've got it.

eg. I ask for "iudshfiushdfh"

If they reply !!YES!!iudshfiushdfh.mpg then they're a spammer.