Word: wirehog
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...Wirehog, a new breed of file-sharing program spawned by the creator of thefacebook.com, made its official debut on the Harvard and Stanford campuses yesterday with hundreds of students signing up to use the service...
Chad Tilbury, the director of worldwide Internet enforcement at the Motion Picture Association of America, said a program like Wirehog could run a afoul of copyright laws...
...spokesman for the Recording Industry Association of America said he was unaware of Wirehog, but he raised concerns that the program could facilitate the transfer of copyrighted music...
Zuckerberg said they were able to program several “tricks” to get around firewalls and were confident Wirehog would work seamlessly in its official release. He said almost all users of the beta version have had success with the program, though a reporter who attempted to access other Wirehog pages from behind a firewall at The Crimson encountered several problems...
Zuckerberg said advertisements on thefacebook.com would pay for Wirehog. He said Wirehog would likely feature some sort of advertising in the future but will remain ad-free...