First, here are some links to the stories about the Warner Bros / BitTorrent deal we talked about in Show #16:
Slice of SciFi: WB and BitTorrent say “I do”
Forbes: Parsons’ Warner Bros. To Sell Content Via BitTorrent
E! Online: Warner Bros. Down with Downloading
SF Chronicle: BitTorrent goes legal in Warner film deal
Second, I just found a site that archived B5 and Crusade interviews and chat transcripts, and added it to the B5 Links page. Check out Observation Dome when you get a chance.
GREAT interview with Julie Caitlin Brown. Possibly my favorite so far.
Great job, keep it up!
This just in…
http://www.jmsnews.com/msg.aspx?id=1-17547
Going back to the infamous tequila episode, Summer may want to try Pueblo Viejo Anejo. Very smooth and affordable at approx. $25.00 a bottle, at least in the Chicago area.
Has anyone else had problems with the feed via iTunes. I noticed iTunes has not updated the podcast since 14 and I dropped by and your on 16, can’t wait to hear the Koenig program!
I have not experienced any problem with the iTunes feed. I have episode #16 in my podcasts library already.
Thomas, I’m subscribed to it through iTunes, and my subscription is current.
I also double-checked the iTunes store, and lists all of the most recent shows.
Thanks, hmmm, very odd, but obviously means it must be my computer.
Shadows. Must be Shadows.
Not to be the resident cynic, since I was skeptical of the AOL deal as it was platform specific. But let me understand this ‘deal’ I pay for content, but then I have to use my bandwidth to help you distribute it? It might work if I agree to keep a torrent on my computer then I could see the show for free, or maybe a $.25 instead of a $1.00. There is a delayed billing cycle, if you agree to keep part of a torrent, you get it for a quarter if you keep it up for at least a month, otherwise you pay regular rate. Most folks will leave the torrent running and so be it.
But I am not going to pay bandwidth for someone elses distribution if I have to pay full price.
Or am I being unreasonable?
Actually, my guess is that downloaders would not be able to redistribute purchased content. The typical BT scenario would take a lot of control away from WB, and controlling content is a driving force behind what this is all about.
My take on this is that it’s a way to reach more consumers, those on the lower ranges of broadband speeds and dialup users. I could see all of the seeds being from WB server farms, so they could make sure that only those who’ve legally purchased content are permitted to download what they’ve purchased. Making it so that that purchase information is widely available to anyone seeding torrents sounds dangerous from an information/privacy point of view.
I haven’t seen anything in writing about how this will work, but my initial thought was that only WB sanctioned servers would be doing the seeding. If they do open up content distribution to be spread out amongst other purchasers, that would be big news.
And AOL is working on a Mac solution for their In2TV project, they just wanted to get it out there as fast as possible. Seeing all that’s transpired since, with ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, iTunes and others, it was a timely move. Otherwise they might have been seen as chasing the pack, trying to catch up to all of the others.