Tag: bittorrent

‘Worst’ File-Sharing Pirates Spend 300% More on Content Than ‘Honest’ Consumers

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This Article Uses Many Charts But We Think This is the Most Important
This Article Uses Many Charts But We Think This is the Most Important

by Andy

Telecoms regulator Ofcom has just published a study into the state of online copyright infringement in the UK, with some very interesting conclusions. The researchers found that 10% of the country’s most prolific infringers are responsible for almost 80% of all infringements carried out online, but with a bonus. These plus an additional 10% of infringers spend 300% more than ‘honest’ consumers who don’t infringe copyright at all.

Early 2012 UK telecoms regulator Ofcom commissioned research designed to track consumer behavior and attitudes towards the legal and illegal consumption of copyrighted material. read article

BitTorrent ‘s Bram Cohen Patents Revolutionary Live Streaming Protocol

This is a Big Deal. A Huge Big Deal.

Or to put it another way, we find it kinda cool:

bittorrent-live1 by Ernesto

Hoping to revolutionize live broadcasting on the Internet, Bram Cohen has filed a patent application for the new BitTorrent Live streaming protocol. BitTorrent’s inventor has worked on the new technology for several years and believes his new protocol can be world-changing. “We plan to shape the future of live broadcasts and want to work with broadcasters to accomplish that,” Cohen says. read article