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"it’s a tricky protocol to implement and poorly behaved peers can impact everyone" Or to put it another way it an unstable protocol where users could hold broad
by ollybee 14y ago
"it’s a tricky protocol to implement and poorly behaved peers can impact everyone"
Or to put it another way it an unstable protocol where users could hold broadcasters to ransom.
- jbk 14y agoOr maybe "we need revenue because we are bleeding money, so we'll try to monetize this one" ?
- missing_cipher 14y ago"Bram Cohen explains that the patent is in no way going to restrict user’ access to the new protocol, quite the contrary. BitTorrent Live will be available to end users for free, and publishers who are using the service and hosting it on their own will not be charged either." Seems like its free. Maybe they'll have a service where they can host for publishers.
- jbk 14y agoFree for users does not mean free for publishers. If there are open implementations, there can be free publishers.