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BitTorrent Gets $8.7 Million in VC Funding

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the shot-in-the-arm dept.

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?"

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  1. Re:Piracy by bedroll · · Score: 3, Informative

    Sadly, it appears that it's just plagarism and karma whoring. It would be great social commentary if there were a least some form of attribution. I should be noted that he did the same thing in response to the last duped story.

  2. PO'd subscriber by EmperorKagato · · Score: 2, Informative

    WTH is this editor asleep at the wheel?

    From: (EmperorKagato)
    To: 'daddypants@slashdot.org'

    http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/2 9/120241&tid=236&tid=217&tid=126&tid=14

    Seems to be within the same subject as this article.

    Should this be an update of the subject?(Google and NASA To Collaborate On Technology)

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