*Or distribute a file that wasn't Avatar.mp4, but looked like it to the Dropbox ...

rmc on March 23, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dropbox and why you should invest in people

Or distribute a file that wasn't Avatar.mp4, but looked like it to the Dropbox client?

Modern hashing algorithms make this practically impossible, sorry.

Just because you have a hash string that's not technically a copyrighted film, you could still be guilty of copyright infringement. cf. http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23

brk on March 23, 2011 [–]

Thanks. I was using the film distribution as a simple example, but that wasn't the exact use case I had in mind.