Comments on: The new, corporate BitTorrent http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10086 p2pnet.net - reader powered Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:35:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10086#comment-128650 Reader's Write Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:38:29 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10086#comment-128650 What happens is what happened to Edonkey/Overnet - a better opensourced version arrives (Emule) that doesn't go closed and corporate. The majority of the userbase moves to the open client, and the original (now closed) client becomes marginalised. The new open client then drives the network, and the orginal slowly disappears as it become less and less relevent. What happens is what happened to Edonkey/Overnet - a better opensourced version arrives (Emule) that doesn’t go closed and corporate. The majority of the userbase moves to the open client, and the original (now closed) client becomes marginalised. The new open client then drives the network, and the orginal slowly disappears as it become less and less relevent.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10086#comment-128621 Reader's Write Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:27:34 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10086#comment-128621 Well, I am paying for my bandwidth, up and down, so Comcast better don't pull that crap on us, 'cause I am fuckin' paying for my bandwidth, and I want it all. Well, I am paying for my bandwidth, up and down, so Comcast better don’t pull that crap on us, ’cause I am fuckin’ paying for my bandwidth, and I want it all.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10086#comment-128607 Reader's Write Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:59:24 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10086#comment-128607 More and more of the worlds isp's are blocking or at least deprioritising traffic using known filesharing protocols. I suspect the "New and Improved!!!" BT will fall victim to this as much as the old one does. Which isn't going to help them at all. More and more of the worlds isp’s are blocking or at least deprioritising traffic using known filesharing protocols. I suspect the “New and Improved!!!” BT will fall victim to this as much as the old one does. Which isn’t going to help them at all.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10086#comment-128595 Reader's Write Thu, 12 Oct 2006 02:16:37 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10086#comment-128595 So we've got an estimated 90% of current BitTorrent traffic that is unlicensed copying, that clearly won't be on the new BitTorrent network. And we've got an estimated 10% of licensed BitTorrent traffic, from the likes of PBS, NASA, and Linux distributors, that are highly unlikely to pay for the privilege of using the new, closed-source, BitTorrent network so long as the old open-source BitTorrent serves their needs. Finally, we've got the members of the MPAA, who have consistently proven their inability to market an appealing and value-priced product over the Internet. 100 minus 90 minus 10 plus 0. Doesn't take a degree in computative mathematics, does it? How is the MPAA possibly going to prop up this doomed business model? Sue NASA for "inducement"? I guess we'll have to stay tuned. So we’ve got an estimated 90% of current BitTorrent traffic that is unlicensed copying, that clearly won’t be on the new BitTorrent network.

And we’ve got an estimated 10% of licensed BitTorrent traffic, from the likes of PBS, NASA, and Linux distributors, that are highly unlikely to pay for the privilege of using the new, closed-source, BitTorrent network so long as the old open-source BitTorrent serves their needs.

Finally, we’ve got the members of the MPAA, who have consistently proven their inability to market an appealing and value-priced product over the Internet.

100 minus 90 minus 10 plus 0. Doesn’t take a degree in computative mathematics, does it?

How is the MPAA possibly going to prop up this doomed business model? Sue NASA for “inducement”? I guess we’ll have to stay tuned.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10086#comment-128591 Reader's Write Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:49:16 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10086#comment-128591 "Pirates competes the same way we do - through quality, price and availability" Is she kidding or is she serious? “Pirates competes the same way we do - through quality, price and availability”

Is she kidding or is she serious?

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