Comments on: BitTorrent deal amounts to very little http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/11/29/bittorrent-deal-amounts-to-very-little/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: wtmercer http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/11/29/bittorrent-deal-amounts-to-very-little/comment-page-1/#comment-364011 wtmercer Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:36:46 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/11/29/bittorrent-deal-amounts-to-very-little/#comment-364011 Long live torrents....<br><br>W. T Mercer<br>Costa Mesa, CA<br><a href="http://www.secondchancecheckingnow.com" rel="nofollow">Second Chance Checking Account</a> Long live torrents….

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]]> By: Tech Man http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/11/29/bittorrent-deal-amounts-to-very-little/comment-page-1/#comment-339925 Tech Man Mon, 19 May 2008 21:40:49 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/11/29/bittorrent-deal-amounts-to-very-little/#comment-339925 Using torrents:<br><a href="http://technicianspot.blogspot.com/">http://technicianspot.blogspot.com/</a> Using torrents:
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]]> By: Classic Disruption: Why Wal-Mart’s Movie Plan Will Fail « Managing innovation http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/11/29/bittorrent-deal-amounts-to-very-little/comment-page-1/#comment-291254 Classic Disruption: Why Wal-Mart’s Movie Plan Will Fail « Managing innovation Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:49:24 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/11/29/bittorrent-deal-amounts-to-very-little/#comment-291254 [...] Ingram says the BitTorrent deal is not important because there is no BitTorrent network to speak [...] [...] Ingram says the BitTorrent deal is not important because there is no BitTorrent network to speak [...]

]]> By: Mark Evans :: Everyone Loves BitTorrent http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/11/29/bittorrent-deal-amounts-to-very-little/comment-page-1/#comment-93921 Mark Evans :: Everyone Loves BitTorrent Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:15:51 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/11/29/bittorrent-deal-amounts-to-very-little/#comment-93921 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Everyone Loves BitTorrent by Mark Evans on Wed 29 Nov 2006 02:16 PM EST  |  Permanent Link  |  Cosmos According to TechCrunch, BitTorrent has raised $25 million from AccelPartners and Doll Capital Management. BitTorrent has also signed distribution deals with a variety of major film and TV producers. So, the idea is the money and the licensing deals with MTV, 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, etc. is going to make BitTorrent legit - and steer it farther away from its roots as a cool P2P technology used to download free movies, TV shows and music? In theory, that makes sense but it's a bit of a pipe-dream unless some of the $25-million is used to crack down on all those Torrent-crazed pirates out there. Mathew Ingram doesn't think much about the press release given he believes it's going to take a lot more than some PR for BitTorrent to compete against the pirates. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] Everyone Loves BitTorrent by Mark Evans on Wed 29 Nov 2006 02:16 PM EST  |  Permanent Link  |  Cosmos According to TechCrunch, BitTorrent has raised $25 million from AccelPartners and Doll Capital Management. BitTorrent has also signed distribution deals with a variety of major film and TV producers. So, the idea is the money and the licensing deals with MTV, 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, etc. is going to make BitTorrent legit – and steer it farther away from its roots as a cool P2P technology used to download free movies, TV shows and music? In theory, that makes sense but it’s a bit of a pipe-dream unless some of the $25-million is used to crack down on all those Torrent-crazed pirates out there. Mathew Ingram doesn’t think much about the press release given he believes it’s going to take a lot more than some PR for BitTorrent to compete against the pirates. [...]

]]> By: Michael Urlocker: Disruption Consultant for Tech, Manufacturing and Media Innovation http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/11/29/bittorrent-deal-amounts-to-very-little/comment-page-1/#comment-94936 Michael Urlocker: Disruption Consultant for Tech, Manufacturing and Media Innovation Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/11/29/bittorrent-deal-amounts-to-very-little/#comment-94936 <!--%kramer-pre%-->their old business onto the web. Very few have achieved any success. **Other Views** Harvard Prof. Clayton Christensen is the pioneer on disruptive innovation and he outlines why cramming fails in this Working Knowledge paper. Mathew Ingram says the BitTorrent deal is not important because there is no BitTorrent network to speak of. GoodMorningSiliconValley says the transition from pirate site to legit business is a difficult one. TechCrunch says BitTorrent raised $25M<!--%kramer-post%--> their old business onto the web. Very few have achieved any success. **Other Views** Harvard Prof. Clayton Christensen is the pioneer on disruptive innovation and he outlines why cramming fails in this Working Knowledge paper. Mathew Ingram says the BitTorrent deal is not important because there is no BitTorrent network to speak of. GoodMorningSiliconValley says the transition from pirate site to legit business is a difficult one. TechCrunch says BitTorrent raised $25M

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