Known to only a select few until recently, Comuna has been creating a buzz after reports about it surfaced in mainstream magazines. According to Bruzamolin, Comuna has been advertised at Central MP3 for a long time, although he conceded that things didn't take off until the magazines began writing about it. But whoever gets the credit, the important thing is that Brazilians know about it. We want to create an MP3-sharing community in Brazil, and I think Comuna will do the work. Since Comuna was developed using Gnutella, it doesn't have a central server, making it almost impossible to track or close down.
Speed is a drawback, however.
Since it's a unique network that has to host everyone, things run slower than modern online sensibilities are used to. Both Bruzamolin and Mikhail take the high road when it comes to the subject of copyright infringement. Comuna is free and it's not hosted anywhere. If they intend to come after us, I guess they d have to stop portals such as Yahoo from linking to MP3 files, stop ICQ from letting people trade MP3 files, and stop Internet Explorer from downloading files. If we start to think that Comuna is piracy, then any software allowed to download or upload can be considered as piracy, too.