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How difficult would it be to host one or more IPFS nodes with the files on Sci-Hub (and a directory thereof)? My understanding is that would be infeasible to bl

How difficult would it be to host one or more IPFS nodes with the files on Sci-Hub (and a directory thereof)? My understanding is that would be infeasible to block, and quite probably cheaper to host, as oft-requested papers would get mirrored.

throwaway0402 8y ago
I look forward to seeing this kind of use case on ethereum swarm when it is ready. It has built in anonymity for the person hosting and downloading any content. It also has incentive structure to continue hosting content built in as well. Otherwise very similar to IPFS.
yason 8y ago
Hard to block, yes, but the problem would be to find people who'd publicly share a copy or parts of scihub from their IP address.
- ShorsHammer 8y ago
  I've been seeding libgen torrents for quite a while from home without problem while many I know get desist letters from their ISP for downloading a single Disney movie.
- amelius 8y ago
  I was just thinking about a solution for this. What if two users share files A and B, where both A and B look like noise, but when XOR-ed, they form the copyrighted work? Both users can claim plausible deniability. Especially if A XOR-ed with another file C results in a copyright-free work (and similarly for B and another file D).
  - 0x0000000 8y ago
    Have you ever read "What colour are your bits"[0]? It discusses this idea a bit. [0] https://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23 https://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23
cm2187 8y ago
If you have access to a cloud service/servers, you don’t even need to do that. Your server is on the other side of these blocks, just rent a VM for a few minutes, RDP/VNC into it and surf the web without any ISP constraint.
- larkeith 8y ago
  Yeah, my concern is for if/when Sci-Hub's servers get taken down in their hosting country.
- yaleman 8y ago
  An IPFS node would help significantly more people with a much lower overhead, however. :)
Vinnl 8y ago
They're also available as torrents - how easy are those to block?
hestefisk 8y ago
Would be an interesting experiment / use case for IPFS.
0815test 8y ago
AIUI, ipfs is not "infeasible" to block - so it's nowhere close to an actual "solution". You'd also get the same sort of copyright trolling that you have with Bittorrent downloads today - the technologies are quite comparable.
valerij 8y ago
ok, so how do we do this?

throwaway0402 8y ago

I look forward to seeing this kind of use case on ethereum swarm when it is ready. It has built in anonymity for the person hosting and downloading any content. It also has incentive structure to continue hosting content built in as well. Otherwise very similar to IPFS.

yason 8y ago

Hard to block, yes, but the problem would be to find people who'd publicly share a copy or parts of scihub from their IP address.

ShorsHammer 8y ago
I've been seeding libgen torrents for quite a while from home without problem while many I know get desist letters from their ISP for downloading a single Disney movie.
amelius 8y ago
I was just thinking about a solution for this. What if two users share files A and B, where both A and B look like noise, but when XOR-ed, they form the copyrighted work? Both users can claim plausible deniability. Especially if A XOR-ed with another file C results in a copyright-free work (and similarly for B and another file D).
- 0x0000000 8y ago
  Have you ever read "What colour are your bits"[0]? It discusses this idea a bit. [0] https://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23 https://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23

cm2187 8y ago

If you have access to a cloud service/servers, you don’t even need to do that. Your server is on the other side of these blocks, just rent a VM for a few minutes, RDP/VNC into it and surf the web without any ISP constraint.

larkeith 8y ago
Yeah, my concern is for if/when Sci-Hub's servers get taken down in their hosting country.
yaleman 8y ago
An IPFS node would help significantly more people with a much lower overhead, however. :)

Vinnl 8y ago

They're also available as torrents - how easy are those to block?

hestefisk 8y ago

Would be an interesting experiment / use case for IPFS.

0815test 8y ago

AIUI, ipfs is not "infeasible" to block - so it's nowhere close to an actual "solution". You'd also get the same sort of copyright trolling that you have with Bittorrent downloads today - the technologies are quite comparable.

valerij 8y ago

ok, so how do we do this?