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BBC Episodes Legally Available Via Peer To Peer

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the drink-the-kool-aid dept.

Kript writes "According to the BBC they are going to make a number of their shows available on the Azureus network. A number of old favorites will be available such as Red Dwarf, Doctor Who and even Little Britain."

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  1. Re:Misleading Headline & Summary by mumblestheclown · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Don't worry. That won't stop future slashdot articles and comments making reference to "Now that the BBC has put its entire content into the public domain on P2P..."

    Nor will it stop people from reaching the conclusion that since the beeb has put some content on a (very limited) form a non-free P2P network that they therefore have the right to put ANY bbc content onto the P2p network of their choice.

  2. Horrendous journalism by Asmor · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    From TFA: Azureus is best known for developing a BitTorrent client, or program, that allows large media files to be easily shared over the internet.

    That's just... so... gah. I mean, it's one thing when the media oversimplifies things, that at least doesn't hurt anything, but in this case they make it sound like Azureus invented bit torrent!

    Also: "...a BitTorrent client, or program..." Now this is more like the oversimplification thing, but that's just plain stupid. Was that really a neccessary clarification to make? I mean, I'm not saying that everyone out there would understand what a client is, but defining it as a program just seems unneccessary. I think the meaning of a client is at least somewhat obvious from the context.