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I don't expect that will be good enough for the RIAA. There are enough similarities to being a radio station or paid streaming service that RIAA would still want to strip the flesh from the bones.

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Then it's up to the RIAA to (1) come and find every single instance out there, (2) get access to the instance, (3) find copyrighted content and (4) demonstrate that is beyond fair-use.

Yes, it is. That hasn't stopped them from copyright abusing shenanigans before.

I know it's mind-boggling, but there are also a few other countries outside US and A. :)

In Sweden as an example, it's OK to share with a small group of friends[1].

[1] https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https...

Thanks unicornporn for pointing out the world is a big place. Ive got no love for RIAA or MPAA. I am a little surprised that my stance wasnt more dominant on HN. Did everybody forget the litigation against p2p sharing software and raids of PirateBay and Megaupload?

I do think that federated services will finaly set media free. But I also expect that copyright holders will try their best to kill a few servers that are big enough to catch their attention.

Arr matey

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