torrentfreak.com — BitTorrent Inc just announced that they teamed up with several TV and Movie companies. The new list of partners includes 20th Century Fox, Paramount PicturesG4, Kadokawa Pictures USA, Lionsgate, MTV Networks (Comedy Central, MTV and more) and many more.
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shark72Nov 29, 2006
"So I am wondering, do all of us that gave them money when they first stated out get our cut of the deal now? It really makes me want to slap a developer when they take advantage of a community like BitTorrent Inc. has."No, but remember: you've been able to use BitTorrent to get lots of neat stuff for free, for years.Many BitTorrent fans think the world will be a better place if the content providers (artists, movie studios, game developers, etc.) just weren't so hung up about making money, and just did their work for the common good to be freely shared via BT. This is fine, but it's funny when BitTorrent users start asking for a "cut of the deal." You know all those DVDs and CDs you've gotten for free via BitTorrent? The creators didn't get a "cut of the deal." If it shouldn't bother them, it shouldn't bother you, either.
negativefxNov 29, 2006
i've seen puddles of vomit more useful than that sitemore aesthetically pleasing too
hypoluxaNov 29, 2006
this is a huge load of crap. yeah i know that we all want the industry to embrace the internet, but i think this is the wrong way to do it. why don't they just offer d/l from an ftp. they must think we're all really dumb to pay to let the industry use our bandwidth...
nofxjunkeeNov 29, 2006
Hmmm... where are the open-source naysayers now? Not a viable business model my ass...
glafiraNov 29, 2006
The Beginning of the End
mr2001Nov 30, 2006
I'm a BT fan, and I fully support the creators making money, as long as they do it the same way as everyone else: by charging for the work they do. Instead, they want to do the work for free, and then charge for handing out copies. I call BS on that. It doesn't cost any more time or effort to make a show that 1 million people watch than it does to make a show that only 10 people watch, but they seem to think they *deserve* to make more money from it.
zeibenNov 30, 2006
About f**king time, and here's why: I make enough money that I don't need to pirate TV shows. I pay an arm and a leg for cable and HBO, but I still watch most of my TV via bt/tvrss because:- I will not start watching a new series if I can't catch up from the beginning- I cannot watch my favorite shows at their regular time- I like to watch certain shows on my portable at various times (gym, waiting rooms, etc.)- I consider tivo a unique form of piracy in which both the network and the consumer get screwedI've been thinking for ages that networks need to:- create their own high quality torrents in several formats (at least divx)- provide money or incentives to users who seed and track their torrents- release torrents before airtime so as to build adoption of the technology and discourage use of pirated torrents.- release good, professional software to manage torrents and help integrate them with TV systems.- Adapt torrent technology so that ads can be slipstreamed into the torrent based on the end-user's preferences. This is a big one - I don't mind ads and I recognize that they help pay for the shows I enjoy, but there need to be fewer of them and they need to be relevant to me.
mr2001Nov 30, 2006
Quoting: "I consider tivo a unique form of piracy in which both the network and the consumer get screwed"Interesting, I've never heard that before. Can you explain? Does this belief extend to free DVRs like MythTV too?