Tears of joy now fill my eyes. Canadia public TV is offering one of its most popular shows via DRM-free BitTorrent. These highly enlightened folks say they wish to allow as many Canadians (and citizens of the world) as possible to access the show. The show will be available in multiple file formats so folks can watch the show how they want and anytime they want to. You go Canada! Show the world how the Internet is done!
Here’s what generating cash in video gaming.
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Verizon plans to experiment with peer-to-peer file sharing over its cellular networks. Using new software that localizes peer networks, Verizon hopes to cut the cost of file distribution by 75 – 90% while increasing the overall speed of the download. Nice! I’m happy that Verizon has seen the light on this and it adopting the technology. I also like how they plan not to take a policing stance on the potential file sharing traffic. (Add to that the rumor that Verizon was the big winner of the recent bandwidth auction. Hmm…)
Also within in the article, a little mention of how NBC will be using P2P file sharing software from Pando to distribute content for free. Yay!
I get the the sense that the digitally generated free economy wave is coming faster than anyone could have imagined and without the legal wrangling anticipated. The next few years promise to be quite exciting.
Verizon gets cozy with P2P file-sharers
Verizon Allies With Peer-To-Peer File-Sharers to Speed Downloads of Movies
PETER SVENSSON
AP News
Ladies (and gentlemen, too), fire up your Blackbirds. “The Sims 3” is coming in 2009. I’m psyched and I think the release of this game is an excellent opportunity to bring something special from Blackbird to the ladies who have made “The Sims” series of video games so wildly popular. Judging from the preliminary description of the game engine, this game is going to need a lot of PC horse power to play smoothly. I can’t wait!
Here is some info on the program from the Crave Blog.
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