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Will OSX Build In Torrenting?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the imagine-that-itunes-catalog dept.

Cjattwood writes "Mac OS rumors has an article describing a possible implementation of a Bittorrent client into Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard", including a unique sharing reward system where the user can share bandwidth and get rewards, such as credit in the iTunes store."

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  1. I sure hope they do. by marcello_dl · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    When a company like Apple implements legal P2P file sharing we'll have many more non-techies being able to make the distinction between P2P and illegal sharing. It will be more difficult to legiferate against P2P systems after this, hopefully.

    BTW, what will they call this flavour of "peer to peer"? "apple to apple"? :)

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  2. If M$ did this, you'd scream anticompetitive by CFD339 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How is it that OSX gets the pass on this? I M$ built it into Windows Vista (and if it worked) you'd scream foul over anticompetitive bullying.

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