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BitTorrent Becomes Ever More Legit

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the even-pirates-have-a-day-job dept.

lily_bt writes "BitTorrent just signed a deal with 4 entertainment distributors to add more than 1,600 titles to its video library. From 'SuperSize Me' to The Three Stooges to Bollywood films, BitTorrent wants to offer the most comprehensive service when it launches its pay service. The best part is that this content will be made available by subscription." From the article: "Once distrustful of peer-to-peer technologies, Hollywood studios appear more willing to partner with companies such as BitTorrent and video-sharing site Guba.com, which last month partnered with Warner Bros. to distribute movie titles. BitTorrent, widely used to both legally and illegally swap copies of copyright movies, has been aiming to turn its technology into a tool used for legal services."

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  1. BitTorrent Becomes Ever More Legit by witte · · Score: 3, Informative

    ... in Spain too ?

  2. Annoying protocol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    In my experiences, BitTorrent is horribly slow unless you open up inbound ports through your firewall to your workstation. This isn't feasible in a corporate environment and I would normally be fine with that since I'm not going to be downloading movies at work, but many people are starting to only offer BitTorrent links for legitimate downloads. The first time I came across it was the Mandriva Club last year.

  3. In an attempt to rent... by Ultronator · · Score: 2, Informative
    We're sorry, but our system indicates that you are not eligible to purchase the item you requested for one or more of the reasons listed below.

    - Your internet browser is not Microsoft Internet Explorer (Firefox compatibility coming very soon!)

    With our sincerest apologies to non-United States and Apple, Linux and other non-Windows users, in order to enjoy the GUBA Premium service, you must be located in the United States, and use Windows 2000 or XP with Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher, which support the Windows Media Digital Rights Management System as required by our premium content providers. We will add other DRM support as soon as it becomes available and approved by major premium content providers.


    So hopefully they mean what they say and they'll actually support more than just windows and ie soon.
  4. Re:cool by Suzuran · · Score: 2, Informative

    Please understand: FANSUB ARE ILLEGAL. No ifs, ands, or buts. Fansubs are TOLERATED. TOLERATED != LEGAL, or even QUASI-LEGAL. Fansubbing can be stopped at any time once someone gets the money and motivation to enforce the law against fansubbers.

    If you don't like this, do something about it.