BitTorrent Gets $8.7 Million in VC Funding

Brandon writes "BitTorrent just got a massive infusion of cash from venture capital firm DCM Doll. It looks like BitTorrent is hoping to cozy up with the content creators. From the article, 'Neither BitTorrent nor DCM have publicly stated how a legitimate service would work, but industry insiders have been busy speculating on how the distributed peer-to-peer service could help movie studios and filmmakers make for-pay content available.' Will this awaken Microsoft's Avalanche?"

Comments

When will it stop?

[rduke15]

So that's 17.4 millions now?

Cut 'n' paste job - Cowboyneal makes it TOO easy!!

[Linker3000]

Slashdot EeziPost (TM) MK I

#NB: For obvious reasons, the first option is ENABLED by default - remember to turn off if you are NOT responding to a dupe

[X] Another: [X] Dupe [ ] Slashvertisment [X] WTF [X] $editor is a dork

[ ] Frist psot [ ] link to GNAA [ ] Link to goatse [ ] $random_drivel

[ ] I Haven't RTFA, but... $random_opinionated_comment

[ ] Slashdotted already!. I bet their server runs on $topic_item too

[ ] Soul_sucking registration required

[ ] Mod Parent [ ] up [ ] Down

[ ] Fsck: [ ] SCO [ ] Micro$oft [ ] DMCA [ ] DRM [ ] MPAA [ ] RIAA [ ] Google [ ] Bush [ ] You all

[ ] I for one welcome our new $topic_item overlords

[ ] Imagine a beowulf cluster of those

[ ] In Soviet Russia, $topic_item owns you!

[X] Meh!

[ ] Netcraft confirms $topic_item is: [ ] dead [ ] dying

[ ] But have the inventors thought of what will happen if $random_amateur_insight

[ ] Once again the USA is clamping down on my [ ] Amendment rights.

[ ] You insensitive clod

[ ] But people who download music from P2P networks are more likely to buy the album

[ ] Cue DVD Jon-type crack in 3..2..1

[ ] Torrent, anyone?

[ ] Here's a link to a patch: $random_linux_distro_url

[ ] Profit!!

[ ] Still no cure for cancer

Re:All together, class.

[WilliamSChips]

WHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE. (Would you like some cheese and crackers, dupewhiners?)

Re:Two in a row!

[Nuclear Elephant]

can we go for 3 dupes in a row?

If we did, that'd be 26.1 million in funding. w00t!

Re:Two in a row!

[yppiz]

Someone needs to set up a torrent to serve up the dupes. Think of all the money OSDN could save just from reduced bandwidth!

--Pat

Re:Piracy

[besenslon]

This have to be a new feature of /. - dupe not only the story, but the comments as well. Is it automatically enabled or I have to select a checkbox somewhere?

http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=163583&cid=136 60672/

w00t!

[dark-br]

Nevermind the article, I've clicked "read more..." only for the bashing ;)