BitTorrent Gets $8.7 Million in VC Funding 151
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?"
Two in a row! (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Two in a row! (Score:5, Funny)
If we did, that'd be 26.1 million in funding. w00t!
Re:Two in a row! (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Two in a row! (Score:1)
CmdrTaco's karma is so bad nowadays he can't even read the site anymore
Re:Two in a row! (Score:5, Funny)
--Pat
Re:Two in a row! (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Two in a row! (Score:5, Interesting)
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! (Score:3, Insightful)
But still...the incessant noise about it can get irritating.
Re:Two in a row! (Score:2)
(Or perhaps you meant within the story; you're right, that would be a feature request.)
Re:Two in a row! (Score:3, Funny)
Dupayola (Score:5, Interesting)
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?
Re:Dupayola (Score:2)
man, google+nasa AND bittorrent going corporate?
the revolution is imminent! it truly is a marvelous time to be alive!
You think THAT's a dupe?? (Score:2)
Oh, and speaking of RSS, again I say that if the freakin editors would subscribe to the RSS feed and glance at it before posting they wouldn't post nearly as many dupes.
Re:Two in a row! (Score:2)
Way to go
Re:Two in a row! (Score:2)
w00t! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:w00t! (Score:1)
Where have I seen this before? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Where have I seen this before? (Score:1)
Re:Where have I seen this before? (Score:2)
Dupeg (Score:3, Funny)
It's called Dupeg (it's lossy duping format).
Re:Where have I seen this before? (Score:2)
That's the value today, in real terms - accounting for the deprectaion due to inflation - since the last time this story was posted on /. two days ago.
Re:Where have I seen this before? (Score:1)
Re:Where have I seen this before? (Score:3, Funny)
Oh so close.... (Score:1, Redundant)
Although.... Yeah, two in a row is rather excessive, I think.
Healthy Venting Space != poking rabid dogs with sticks to see the foam...
When will it stop? (Score:5, Funny)
-$50K? (Score:2)
Re:-$50K? (Score:1)
$17.4 million (Score:3, Funny)
Wow... (Score:2, Redundant)
Speaking of which, what is the record for dupes in a row? I would guess 3 - 4 (April fools doesn't count).
Come on guys, you can do it... almost there.
Cut 'n' paste job - Cowboyneal makes it TOO easy!! (Score:5, Funny)
#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
MOD PARENT FUNNY! (Score:5, Interesting)
Re: (Score:1)
Re:Cut 'n' paste job - Cowboyneal makes it TOO eas (Score:2)
Re:Cut 'n' paste job - Cowboyneal makes it TOO eas (Score:1)
Re:Cut 'n' paste job - Cowboyneal makes it TOO eas (Score:1)
Re:Cut 'n' paste job - Cowboyneal makes it TOO eas (Score:2)
/fixed it for ya.
Oh, forgot the linux one too (Score:1)
Re:Oh, forgot the linux one too (Score:2)
Re:Cut 'n' paste job - Cowboyneal makes it TOO eas (Score:2, Funny)
[ ] This is so American-Centric! What about me in [ ] Europe [ ] Australia [ ] Antartica [ ] Outer Space ?
[ ] I swear I have a girlfried!
[ ] I swear I have a job at a good company, I just can't mention it here.
[ ] Check out my website, which is mostly off-topic.
[ ] I am not a lawyer, but here's some legal advice.
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Re:Cut 'n' paste job - Cowboyneal makes it TOO eas (Score:2)
Re:Cut 'n' paste job - Cowboyneal makes it TOO eas (Score:1)
No, really? (Score:1)
You mean they're not jumping up and down screaming "Hey publishers, we made it really easy for people to pirate your products!"
Napster tried to distance themselves too, but it didn't work out so well for them. At least these guys had the foresight (thanks to Napster's trailblazing) to have a decentralized architecture.
Slashdot Funding. (Score:2, Funny)
Good on 'em (Score:5, Interesting)
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 (Score:3, Insightful)
Actually, the full cost of a cinema ticket ($8ish dollars where I live) would not be a bad price for a high-quality non-DRM'd movie. Consider that if you went to the theater, you'd have to pay for two tickets, unless the wife is young enough to get in for free.
Re:Good on 'em (Score:2)
Re:Good on 'em (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Good on 'em (Score:1, Insightful)
So lets get this straight - you do not feel guilty about breaking the law, because it is THEIR fault that you have to break the law because they didn't make something convenient for you in the way YOU see fit.
Nice logic.
I download movies because I have no respect for the movie industry and am a selfish bastard and just don't care for them to get my money. At least thats being
Re:Good on 'em (Score:2)
Nope, you missed it completely. If BMW would make the M6 available in the US, he wouldn't have to violate customs laws to import one illegally. It isn't about the price, it is about the complete lack of availability. Though I do agree that his demand for the price to be under $8 is arbitrary, I can get any number of DVDs from Wal-Mart or other discount store for $5.50 or
Re:Good on 'em (Score:2)
Illegally copying a file from the internet however, does not impinge upon anyone else's ability to enjoy the use of said file, be it a movie, mp3 or whatever.
See a difference?
Good.
Pathetic justifications are pretty lame. So are straw-man arguments.
-Nano.
Re:Good on 'em (Score:1, Insightful)
Have you considered that it's their content and that they should get to decide how they want to distribute it? What you would do in some alternate universe simply doesn't enter the picture, at least not as the moral aspect is concerned.
I download movies too. I don't pretend I
Re:Good on 'em (Score:4, Insightful)
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.
Netflix (Score:2)
I don't have much of a problem downloading movies, but if there was a legitimate alternative, I'd take it. But having to compete with a free service should hopefully make them eventually provide an alterative that isn't too pricey or restrictive.
Netflix [netflix.com] is such an alternative. They have many memberships from which to choose, as cheap as $10/month for "unlimited" DVD rentals. You don't even have to leave your house to fetch or return your DVDs. If you don't consider that to be a legitimate, price-competive a
Re:Netflix (Score:2)
But for the big new release movies, such as Revenge of the Sith, Mr and Mrs Smith, and War of the Worlds, I want to see them the same as my friends and workmates do, not 3-6 months later. So I download them.
I want to see the big new release movies, when they are still new releases, and yet its not practical to go to the cinema. So I download them.
Re:Netflix (Score:2)
Netflix is not an on-demand service, but my Netflix movie queue has 500 movies I *know* I want to see. I get 3 DVDs at a time, so while I'm waiting period for the next DVD arrive, I still have 2 other DVDs to watch.
Legitimate service? (Score:5, Interesting)
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.
How do I make sure my own songs are legitimate? (Score:1)
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.
Given the precedent of liability for infringement through subconscious copying [columbia.edu] in the United States, those statements might unfortunately be accurate.
THE VC?!?!?! (Score:1)
VC? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:VC? (Score:2, Funny)
Uh, dupe.
Re:VC? (Score:1)
Hey, if communism means free music and movies, I'm all for it. Screw capitalism and its "downloading is stealing" attitude!
Clearing Internet Cache (Score:2, Interesting)
I seriously thought for a second that I was having a browser caching problem when I saw 2 dupes in a row.
fill in the blank (Score:2)
Why do I get the feeling.. (Score:5, Interesting)
Dupe (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Dupe (Score:1)
Be careful, CowboyNeal.... (Score:1, Redundant)
Slashdot just saved a lot of money (Score:1, Funny)
But they're still trying to save even more money by reusing articles which allows for higher compression rates.
Why would I give up my bandwidth if I have to buy? (Score:2, Insightful)
As for Avalanche (Score:1, Redundant)
- Microsoft Wants P2P Avalanche to Crush BitTorrent [slashdot.org]
- Bram Cohen's Response to Microsoft's Avalanche [slashdot.org]
- Bram Cohen of BitTorrent about Avalanche [livejournal.com]
Bullseye (Score:2)
Money To be Taken (Score:1, Redundant)
Expect a suit to be filed.
gone (Score:1, Redundant)
Every last red cent.
That's my guarantee to y'all.
This may be a dupe, but I wonder... (Score:2)
Ads (Score:1)
Ads.
(Unless you block them.)
Following the Urge to Hack (Score:2)
This is inspiring!
PO'd subscriber (Score:2, Informative)
From: (EmperorKagato)
To: 'daddypants@slashdot.org'
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/2 9/120241&tid=236&tid=217&tid=126&tid=14 [slashdot.org]
Seems to be within the same subject as this article.
Should this be an update of the subject?(Google and NASA To Collaborate On Technology)
What are we paying for? And them? (Score:1)
The content providers will not be paying us for the bandwidth used in passing that content on to our neighbours, nor for the disk space used in storing it. How much does disk space cost these days?
Maybe they should pay us?
No, I didn't read the article...
Is my browser cache broken? (Score:1)
Never mind!
no more photo? (Score:2, Funny)
More importantly (Score:2, Interesting)
I know its a dupe but.... (Score:2)
Ok, This is getting ridiculous... (Score:1)
Macromedia Flash - Microsoft Sparkle
BitTorrent - Avalanche
Give it a few months we'll be seen Microsoft BackupExec...utive! Microsoft Delphoid! The mIcroPod Nanop!
Re:All together, class. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:All together, class. (Score:2)
Which is worse? He that whines about dupes or he that whines about the whiners? Or perhaps I'm worse. At least I don't try correcting [slashdot.org] trolls, though.
Re:All together, class. (Score:1)
MOD PARENT DOWN - PLAGIARISM (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:MOD PARENT DOWN - PLAGIARISM (Score:1)
Re:Piracy (Score:4, Funny)
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=163583&cid=136 60672/ [slashdot.org]
Re:Piracy (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Piracy (Score:1)
Re:Piracy (Score:2)
Re:Piracy (Score:1)
Re:Piracy (Score:2)
That said, I find your comment recycling quite amusing--nice job.
Re:Echo !!!! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Echo !!!! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Echo !!!! (Score:2)
Re:Dupe! (Score:1)
Re:DUUUUPE. (Score:2, Redundant)
5:14: 5, Insightful
5:15: 4, Insightful
5:15: 0
5:15: 0, Redundant
Come on, mods - play nice. That's only one minute's time; it's not like the parent posted "Dupe!" 15 minutes after the story was posted. They actually took the time to grab the link, at that.