Peercasting Ready for Primetime?

ZephyrXero writes "Have you ever wanted to run your own internet radio or TV station, but thought the bandwidth would cost too much? While Wired thinks Peer-to-peer broadcasting, or "peercasting", will be the future of the internet (previously posted); Peercast.org says it's already here today. Peercast's software is available for Linux, Windows, and Mac. You can broadcast both audio and video without needing a whole lot of bandwidth since each audience member also uploads back to the network. The Xiph Foundation is also working on a similar project called "IceShare," but it's still in planning. Peercast, still in beta seems to already be fully functional and ready for an audience (even you dial-up guys)."

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Re:Media BLOGs?

[thenefariousone]

Definitely, As the saying goes: Content is King.

It's the same reason that there are no Open Source computer games that compare to commercial games.

It's not because of the lack of technical skill.
There are plenty of people on slashdot who can create a 3d engine. And if you want a commercially successful one, there's a couple lying around here.

but the Art - the content is locked up tight.

That's where the true value is.