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

Two in a row!

[LoganAvatar]

Dupe: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/27/183246 can we go for 3 dupes in a row?

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:Two in a row!

[Omniscientist]

Eh I'm pretty sure bandwidth==money for OSDN, with the Ad's and all.

Re:Two in a row!

[jargoone]

I started up my laptop, and thought for sure that I had forgotten to refresh all the tabs on my browser. Sure enough, I had. I should have known better!

Slashdot needs a "last refreshed" time on the page, so that you'll know if you've left your browser open, or if you're seeing a dupe.

Re:Two in a row!

[sunwolf]

I wonder when the people who are so immensely annoyed by dupes will just stop going to slashdot. It doesn't seem likely - it's still /. and complaining's fun anyway.

But still...the incessant noise about it can get irritating.

Where have I seen this before?

[tepples]

Slashdot Search: bittorrent yields this article, which claims a $8.75 million figure. Has the funding been cut by $50,000 or something?

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?)

Good on 'em

[Johnno74]

This sort of thing legitimizes p2p networks.

I have a 4-month old daughter at home, so my wife and I don't really get to go out to the movies any more - so I download new releases and we watch them at home, and we can still keep up with our childless friends who go to the movies :)

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.

Re:Good on 'em

[Johnno74]

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.

Legitimate service?

[malkavian]

So, the great downloads of the software demos, the linux distros and so on haven't been legitimate?
Again, I'm left feeling rather let down by statements that seem to indicate that unless somethings signed off and tide up by the content cartels, it's somehow illegitimate.

MOD PARENT FUNNY!

[Spy der Mann]

And if you can please add it to the subculture wikipedia item. Thank you :)

Why do I get the feeling..

[FreshFunk510]

.. that I read Slashdot more than the ops do? Just a thought.

MOD PARENT DOWN - PLAGIARISM

[Johnboi Waltune]

This is an exact copy of a post by 'popo' from the previous BitTorrent/venture capital thread.

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/

Re:Piracy

[bedroll]

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.

Dupeg

[Anonymous Coward]

details are lost as stories get Duped

It's called Dupeg (it's lossy duping format).

Dupayola

[HTH NE1]

Judging from the editor's comment at the end of the previous dupe acknowledging its dupeness, these dupes are in fact deliberate. But maybe not for the reason stated.

Think about the slashdot effect for a moment. You've seen what happens when a site that can't handle traffic gets slashdotted. Now think what happens on a site which has ad-supported stories that can handle the traffic. Especially if it is a deep-pocketed advertiser.

Then consider how a site that didn't get the slashdot-effect ad impressions for a particular story because slashdot linked to another else first. Give them a dupe and maybe a commitment for a few more linked stories to make them happy and keep the kickbacks coming.

Makes you want to run your own news aggregating site, huh?

w00t!

[dark-br]

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