On Monday, July 14, 2014, Matthew Petach <mpet...@netflight.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Brett Glass <na...@brettglass.com > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > [...] > > > > If Netflix tries to use its market power to harm ISPs, or to smear > > us via nasty on-screen messages as it has been smearing Verizon, ISPs > have > > no choice but to react. One way we could do this -- and I'm strongly > > considering it -- is to start up a competing streaming service that > > IS friendly to ISPs. It would use the minimum possible amount of > > bandwidth, make proper use of caching, and -- most importantly -- > > actually PAY Internet service providers, instead of sapping their > > resources, by allowing them to sell it and keep a portion of the fee. > > This would provide an automatic, direct, per-customer reimbursement > > to the ISP for the cost of bandwidth. ISPs would sign on so fast > > that such a service could BURY Netflix in short order. > > > > --Brett Glass > > > > > That would be awesome! > > If you find a way to obtain premium content > that subscribers will pay for that doesn't include > incredibly restrictive licensing terms that require > you to account for every stream watched (including > those streamed from downstream cache devices), > I'm right there ready. > > Unfortunately, I suspect you'll find the rights holders > who own the shows aren't willing to let their videos > be served through a CDN that doesn't maintain > draconian control over every stream (ie, that > doesn't allow third party, uncontrolled caching). > > So, you may be able to build such a CDN; but > the only content you may find that you can > populate it with are cute cat videos recycled > from last week's Youtube footage--which nobody > wants to pay for. :( > > Matt > Nailed it, Matt, 100%