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eDonkey was the peer to peer network that thought content-addressing was a good idea, so the same file with multiple names would be treated as one file. And it does sound like a good idea, until the kiddy fiddlers realize they can get plausible deniability out of it. Then it becomes a game of chance, where you might get the book/mp3/whatever you asked for, or you might get r@ygold. There is a reason that ed2k is not one of the things people talk about when they wax nostalgic about the golden age of peer to peer networks.