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Jul 13 2002

Overpeer Files US Patent on Fake File Technique



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As reported on a German Web site the Korean firm Overpeer has applied for a US Patent on the idea of creating fake (or “spoof”) audio files, for the purpose of choking p2p networks with dreck.

Their patent application, which is worthy of scorn and derision, can be viewed here.

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