On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 5:57 AM, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1. Rights issues actually mean we've nothing really to put onto BitTorrent > > (and we're trying to change this by the way) > > In fact, of couse, BitTorrent > is a file-transfer protocol. You could, of course, stick everything that you > have on the iPlayer and podcasts and so forth. > > You could - and I know it probably makes no sense other than theortically > - use BitTorrent alongside KDM, because the DRM is 100% separate from the > file transfer. > Indeed; fair enough. It's a good question to ask why Kontiki, and why not BitTorrent. I don't know the answer. > 2. For those larger files that we do have rights to (like podcasts), the > > leading podcatchers, like iTunes, don't come with Torrent support > > But if you don't put your content out there on torrents, there is no need > for anyone like Apple to build it into iTunes. > True, but I'm not sure we'll singlehandedly change the world. Miro has BitTorrent built-in, and it'll be interesting to see how many big media companies use it. 3. Actually, we've a ton of bandwidth available anyway; and because of the > > way our bandwidth is charged (and used), it doesn't actually reap an awful > > lot of savings for us anyway > > The issue here is that using BitTorrent would allow the content to be > spread all over the world. There is a certain polticial misunderstanding > about bandwidth which always says that BBC content should be blocked outside > the UK BECAUSE of the bandwidth restrictions. > Not sure it's for bandwidth reasons. It's more likely to be (speculating) that it's funded differently, different rights agreements (some of our non-DRM'd podcasts are not available overseas, for example). > 4. BitTorrent adds complexity for reporting and monitoring usage of our > > content, which is one of the ways we can ensure that you're getting good > > value from your licence-fee > > > True. Part of the point of BitTorrent is the privacy it offers the user! > False - it offers virtually no privacy... as the RIAA is only too aware! ;) I don't think that BitTorrent is a panacea, I just think that it > demonstrably works very well, is well tested, has many clients and should be > an option. > Agree. Cheers for the mail.
