In the early days of the internet, if you wanted a file, you had to go to a specific "place"—a server—and ask for it. If that server disappeared, the file died with it. But a changed the game by shifting the focus from where a file is to what it is.
: Within seconds, the student's computer finds the filmmaker’s laptop. Small "pieces" of the documentary begin to travel across the ocean.
: Even if the filmmaker's laptop breaks, the "swarm" remains. As long as one person in the world has the file and is online, the magnet link stays alive. A Symbol of the Open Web
In the early days of the internet, if you wanted a file, you had to go to a specific "place"—a server—and ask for it. If that server disappeared, the file died with it. But a changed the game by shifting the focus from where a file is to what it is.
: Within seconds, the student's computer finds the filmmaker’s laptop. Small "pieces" of the documentary begin to travel across the ocean.
: Even if the filmmaker's laptop breaks, the "swarm" remains. As long as one person in the world has the file and is online, the magnet link stays alive. A Symbol of the Open Web
