Comments on: BitTorrent Partners with TV and Movie Companies https://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-partners-with-tv-and-movie-companies/ Breaking File-sharing, Copyright and Privacy News Tue, 28 Oct 2014 19:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 By: The OPLIN 4cast » Blog Archive » OPLIN 4cast #33 /bittorrent-partners-with-tv-and-movie-companies/#comment-237589 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:01:45 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-partners-with-tv-and-movie-companies/#comment-237589 [...] BitTorrent Partners with TV and Movie Companies (TorrentFreak) [...]

]]> By: dan /bittorrent-partners-with-tv-and-movie-companies/#comment-27159 Sat, 02 Dec 2006 14:48:08 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-partners-with-tv-and-movie-companies/#comment-27159 there is a difference between bit torrent the COMPANY and bit torrent the protocol. THE COMPANY can sell out all day long to everyone and their grandma with absolutly no effect on the PROTOCOL. basically all that happened was that the movie industry JUST GOT SCAMMED! ha ha ha. Imagine 2 stores in the same shopping center. they both provide the EXACT same products and in both you have to wait in line to get them. The catch is that one store is FREE. This first store would would be the bit torrent protocol. The second store that just opened is the store of the Movie industry. AND THEY CHARGE BIG MONEY for the same thing distributed in the same way. Where are you going to shop? Bit Torrent INC is simply getting paid out the wazoo to start their own legal private tracker that few will ever use! It is hellaciously funny that no one is able to figure this out!!! The movie industry thinks that they just bought the industry with in fact they bought NOTHING. they could have just set up their own bit torrent tracker for the cost of a server and an internet connection without paying Brahm Cohen 20 million bucks to do it for them! all I have to say is… WOW no wonder your business model is in trouble. -Dan

]]> By: BitTorrent Inc receives $20 Million in Funding at Torrentfreak /bittorrent-partners-with-tv-and-movie-companies/#comment-26882 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 14:57:18 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-partners-with-tv-and-movie-companies/#comment-26882 [...] BitTorrent Inc has officially announced that they are receiving a second round of funding totalling $20 million. As predicted, the investors are Accel Partners and Doll Capital Management. [...]

]]> By: Gregory /bittorrent-partners-with-tv-and-movie-companies/#comment-26421 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:51:57 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-partners-with-tv-and-movie-companies/#comment-26421 Well unless the price gonna drop a lot, why not?
but if its only a bit, NO WAY JOSE!

]]> By: GameSecretary.Com /bittorrent-partners-with-tv-and-movie-companies/#comment-26408 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:32:35 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-partners-with-tv-and-movie-companies/#comment-26408 Looking forward to seeing this come into play. Hopefully it will drive the prices on the media down a bit.

]]> By: Andrew /bittorrent-partners-with-tv-and-movie-companies/#comment-26359 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:41:36 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-partners-with-tv-and-movie-companies/#comment-26359 If your not going to help upload, then why use bittorrent at all? This puts the bandwidth responsibility back onto the media companies, with all the associated problems (lack of, no redundancy, etc).

A real opportunity exists here for a progressive company to embrace. Install a media box into the home on a dedicated broadband connection that has a friendly menu system and a built in bittorrent client. Select what you want to watch and have it immediately downloaded. The more popular programs naturally receive more bandwidth as there are more units out there with copies to share. I would pay a monthly fee to be able to watch any show I want, when I want.

]]> By: anon /bittorrent-partners-with-tv-and-movie-companies/#comment-26350 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:05:04 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-partners-with-tv-and-movie-companies/#comment-26350 Safe to say, G4 will not be a used very much.

]]> By: Finally /bittorrent-partners-with-tv-and-movie-companies/#comment-26332 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:52:15 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-partners-with-tv-and-movie-companies/#comment-26332 Good to see that the media groups are finally getting a clue, but no way in hell would I pay money to Vivendi or Universal just so that I I can download a movie from them through bittorrent. I mean bittorrent is great for piracy, but if I’m actually shelling out cash to these companies – I expect to be able to download faster, and not have to upload as well (after all I’m paying, so why should I use my bandwidth to help them make money and to help them share their product – I wouldn’t see for something I’m paying for). For non-commercial goods that are free, I have no problem seeding – but for commercial products that I’d be paying a lot for – theres no way in hell that I’m going to pay the full price and help them distribute their product.

If they offer a discounted price for using torrents rather then just downloading straight from their server, I wouldn’t mind it at all. But full price + sharing my bandwidth – no sale! Especially since many of these companies are against net neutrality, and want to cut down on our bandwidth usage – but then they also want us to buy their products and give up whats left of our bandwidth connection to help distribute their products!

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