https://www.wired.com/2017/01/the-inside-story-of-bittorrents-bizarre-collapse/ https://www.wired.com/2017/01/the-inside-story-of-bittorrent... has a pretty goo

https://www.wired.com/2017/01/the-inside-story-of-bittorrents-bizarre-collapse/ https://www.wired.com/2017/01/the-inside-story-of-bittorrent... has a pretty good summary of the corporate history of BitTorrent Inc. They had a number of ideas beyond just licensing their tech to other businesses, most of them focused on being some kind of media company.