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I worry about a GPRS-like law preventing innovation, for example because wouldn't it make IPFS-like storage, which relies on duplication and can't remove files,

I worry about a GPRS-like law preventing innovation, for example because wouldn't it make IPFS-like storage, which relies on duplication and can't remove files, illegal: [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterPlanetary_File_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterPlanetary_File_System

scarlac 9y ago
You /can/ implement a deletion mechanism, but you just can't "guarantee" it. I think it'd be up to a court to decide if that would be grounds for winning a case against a potential company that used IPFS (I don't know any that do).