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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?"
Dupe: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/27/183246
can we go for 3 dupes in a row?
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Slashdot Search: bittorrent yields this article, which claims a $8.75 million figure. Has the funding been cut by $50,000 or something?
I do this without any guilt, because if the MPAA etc would get off their arses and build a decent delivery system where I could pay (a reasonable fee - not the full cost of a cinema ticket!!) to download the latest movies then I would.
;) You'd also pay ridiculous prices for sodas, popcorn, and candy at the theater.
Actually, the full cost of a cinema ticket ($8ish dollars where I live) would not be a bad price for a high-quality non-DRM'd movie. Consider that if you went to the theater, you'd have to pay for two tickets, unless the wife is young enough to get in for free.
"The newly born animals are then whisked off for a quick run through a giant baking oven." --heard on Food Network
This is an exact copy of a post by 'popo' from the previous BitTorrent/venture capital thread.
"The advanced societies of the future will be driven by competing systems of psychopathology." -JG Ballard
Peer to Peer works when it is *SHARING*. Anything else and it is stealing. Cripes.
So because they have yet to deliver the product you desire, you feel no guilt in stealing the the product they already have? I'm failing to see how that absolves you of any moral wrongdoing.
Yeah man. If BMW would just get off their ass and build an awesome car for $15,000 I wouldn't have to steal the really expensive ones.
So lets get this straight - you do not feel guilty about breaking the law, because it is THEIR fault that you have to break the law because they didn't make something convenient for you in the way YOU see fit.
Nice logic.
I download movies because I have no respect for the movie industry and am a selfish bastard and just don't care for them to get my money. At least thats being honest about why I do it. Pathetic justifications are really lame dude.
I do this without any guilt, because if the MPAA etc would get off their arses and build a decent delivery system where I could pay (a reasonable fee - not the full cost of a cinema ticket!!) to download the latest movies then I would.
Have you considered that it's their content and that they should get to decide how they want to distribute it? What you would do in some alternate universe simply doesn't enter the picture, at least not as the moral aspect is concerned.
I download movies too. I don't pretend I have some moral justification for doing it though.
Ok, I worded that badly - I don't mean to be taking some moral high ground here - I don't have much of a problem downloading movies, but if there was a legitimate alternative, I'd take it.
I beleive they should be (financially) rewarded for their efforts. But having to compete with a free service should hopefully make them eventually provide an alterative that isn't too pricey or restrictive.
If that free alternative wasn't there, or people didn't use it, then the movie industry would have no incentive to start making these deals.