Norway’s public broadcaster launches BitTorrent tracker
“NRK, Norway’s public broadcaster, has decided that its BitTorrent distribution experiment has gone so well that the company will launch its own tracker in order to distribute its programming. Norway’s commitment to openness means that the files are DRM-free and even available for fansubbing.” - Norway’s public broadcaster launches BitTorrent tracker.
Several public broadcasters have experimented [...]
Ryan Sohmer Rails Against Internet Regulation
Ryan Sohmer is the author of the wildly succesful webcomics Least I Could Do, and Looking For Group. His recent post in the LICD forums is a response to the Writer’s Guild of Canada’s calls to begin regulating the internet in Canada, especially in the realm of online video.
“Say what you will about the web, and there [...]
Creative Commons Doesn’t Cannibalize Sales
Chris Anderson recently posted “The best selling MP3 album of the year was free” on The Long Tail blog. Apparently, Nine Inch Nails’ Ghosts I-IV was the best selling MP3 album of 2008 despite being released under a Creative Commons license that allowed for free, legal sharing.
The album grossed more than $1.6 million in revenue [...]
RIAA Strong-arms ISPs Instead of Customers
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TechCrunch today reports that the RIAA is changing tactics:
Instead of dragging music downloaders and file-sharers into court, it has somehow convinced ISPs to take on the role of digital policeman (and jury and judge).
The original story in the Wall Street Journal has full details, but the gist is that the RIAA will provide [...]
The State of Independent Film
It seems fitting to write about the state of independent film on Independence Day (here in the US). Indeed, the topic is not only apropos, but fashionable. Much has been said about Mark Gill’s comments at the LA Film Festival last week. Some agree that the sky is falling, while others take [...]
John August on BitTorrent
John August, well-known writer (also Producer/Director), has several posts on his blog about his latest movie, The Nines, appearing on BitTorrent.
In chronological order (edit: fixed links):The Nines on BitTorrentMore on the TorrentsUpswing
In the most recent one, he attributes a rise in popularity of the film on IMDB to the proliferation of the film [...]
BitTorrent for Indies
TorrentFreak.com, admittedly a slightly biased source, has a good article on the benefits of BitTorrent distribution for indie films. Similar to arguments for online (or perhaps pirated) distribution of indie artists: The more people who see/hear your work, the better.
It’s interesting to think about how this affects the marketplace, but for indie producers with [...]
It begins…
Or more accurately, continues. Crave has a post about a TV station in a box from NetTVworld. This box is essentially a minimal configuration solution for easily transmitting video content over the internet. This kind of product coming to market is yet another harbinger of the impending paradigm shift in entertainment media. [...]
