I thought about it, and realized how fucked up the idea of including a nonce in a torrent is. First of all, it would break how torrents currently work. It's n

I thought about it, and realized how fucked up the idea of including a nonce in a torrent is. First of all, it would break how torrents currently work. It's not a cloud if everyone is sharing a slightly different file. I don't think you can trick the people and their computers into also sharing the part that allows their influence to be tracked, and still enjoy the benefit of the torrent protocol. Maybe you could. I don't want to go there. Second problem with this idea, it would not enjoy the same DMCA protections that CSS offers. (Would it?) It's a federal crime to remove a copyright control. So you put the nonce into the file to identify the buyer, and you sue him when he's caught sharing... no wait, on second thought, you pay him a referral fee, a percent of the revenue that you collect from when you sue the folks who shared under him without paying. I am trying to put a name on it, something that sounds less like a slur than what I'm actually thinking. New breed of Hollywood Jew. There, I said it. Anyone sharing without a valid nonce could be thrown in jail then, if you can prove that they removed it (in order to share and not be tracked.) I love slippery slopes.