I completely agree with your theory that seeding motivation comes from a sense of belonging to the community. I also think that a concern for ratios and the problem of high levels of hit and running particularly on public sites is a temporary phenomenon, because as digital sharing becomes more ingrained within society and our culture, as well as improvements in broadband technology and bandwidth, staying on a torrent and seeding will simply become a social norm.

Hit and running will become a thing of the past and seeding a torrent will become much akin to holding a door open for someone in the real world, i.e. it will become instinctual. But in the mean time the building blocks are needed to enforce this attitude in the first place, namely community orientated trackers, especially public ones such as h33t.

That’s my theory, at least.

I highly doubt that a new BT client would be created (with public money no less) without the guarantee that it can’t be used for copyright infringement, it if it is then at least they’re going to know about it.

There’s no way a huge step like this would be taken altruistically.[/quote]

I’m sorry but the MPAA and/or the U.S government aren’t involved in this process.

How the hell can streaming work, if most viewers are on asymetric broadband ?

Say the (hdvideo) file has a bitrate of 1200kb/s … Standard up atm here in germany is 0,5 – 1 mbit so anywhere between 120 – 240 users needed to saturate ONE viewer … (who will close the file/prog after he watched it)

Hepimizin bir ucundan kullandığı paylaşım programları sayesinde artık dizilerimizi,filmlerimizi,müziklerimizi herÅŸeyimizi internetten indirir ,bilgisayarımızda izler olduk.Bu yasadışı durum o kadar normalleÅŸtiki elinde discmaniyle müzik…

I highly doubt that a new BT client would be created (with public money no less) without the guarantee that it can’t be used for copyright infringement, it if it is then at least they’re going to know about it.

There’s no way a huge step like this would be taken altruistically.

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CUT THAT CRAP SPAMMING!

It’s a private companies product, using UNIQUE IDENTIFIER (i.e. tracking all of your internet search and surfing!) and says about itself:
“NetAlter aims to have its browser on every desktop computer in the world creating a spiraling revenue source.”

Could it be any more malicious?!?

It’s NOT “india is developing a secured p2p platform”

it IS “an indian based private company using p2p technology to spin of a big brother like monopolistic social network to generate maximum revenue.”

Are you pathetic moron paid for posting this bullshit?

viral marketing whore!

By the time my kids are my age, there will be no need to download content onto HDD’s as will be able to select their viewing by reading onscreen reviews (written by independant fans who were ‘streamed’ a promo copy for review purposes 24 hours earlier).

A back catalogue will be accessable through further menus (complimented by search engines). For example, if you wanted to watch ‘Coronation Street’ or ‘Dallas’ you could browse by year, storyline, etc.

‘Normal’ TV will just be a series of adverts. You will press the ‘Entertain me’ button which will start a series of programs/movies suitable for your tastes (based on previous viewing/rating details provided by the user) with presets such as ‘Kids time’, ‘Me & the missus’, ‘Boys night in’, etc.

The basic costs will be met by an affordable monthly fee (which covers Monitor and streaming equipment rental/repairs/upgrades). The random content selected for you will be very cheap. Prices on everything else will be set as follows…

When a program/movie first appears, the price is set to a low amount (say the 2040 version of 50p or $1.00). As more people stream it, the price gradually increases until it reaches its ‘roof’ (say £4.00 or $8.00). So for every 100,000 streams, the price could increase by 50p until it reaches its limit. Every year, the numbers are reset. This would be a very reliable indicator of quality, and a good way to entice people to watch your show/movie ASAP (before the price goes up). Using this system, George
Lucas’s grandchildren will never starve!

To protect the customer, they will be able to set up ‘limits’ on the costs. If you limited yourself to £40.00 per month, the system will warn you when you reach the monthly limit, then ask for your permission for every ‘purchase’ thereafter. It
resets when the bill is settled.

My crystal balls have worn down to pea size now. No more can I help you with today…

@ post #9 Dr Tribler…despite the simularity between your name and the project (some coincidence huh?), I think you wanted to call yourself Dr Trebla…you see, Trebla is Albert spelt backwards and he is the secret mole who tells nephew Shaggy and Rooby-roo all about his ‘masters’ diabolical plans…

/getting my coat now (it’s the one with the scooby snacks in the left pocket).

for 22millions it will be more flashy than most flash web 2.0 sites on the web, so bloated :)

EU develops an great software, then make us pay or illegal?

Maybe they are trying to get into the game here…

How low will they stoop?

{Thanks for the offer but I’ll pass.}

Can’t beat us so try to join us? k1ss my large hairy botty silly corporations. I’ll never DL from a corporate P2P.

I hope some of this money goes to those who have been doing research and publishing to the public domain at no cost. You know, all those who supplied the real extensive work that this will be built on.

I thought there was supposed to come some sort of law that made ISPs choke the speed of those using Bittorrent…

And now the EU is making it’s own Bittorrent client??

woooot?

*cunfused*