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06-04-2005, 08:07 PM
Source: Wired (http://www.wired.com)
By Patrick Gray
02 June 2005
Film and television executives no doubt wish the increasingly popular BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-sharing system never saw the light of day. Thousands of consumers are using the software to download hundreds of movies and hours upon hours of television programming.
But one industry's threat is another's opportunity. There's an upside to allowing viewers to transfer copyright material content over BitTorrent.
As noted by Japanese entrepreneur Joi Ito (http://joi.ito.com/archives/2005/05/10/fandom_shows_that_file_sharing_can_create_gained_f ans_not_lost_customers.html) , fans of the Japanese anime series Naruto regularly post translated episodes of the show to BitTorrent, which attracts more fans to the series.
The relatively obscure program has spawned a global following in online forums, internet relay chat channels and fan sites.
More at Wired (http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,67641,00.html)
Fandom shows that filesharing can create "new Fans', not "Lost customers" (http://joi.ito.com/archives/2005/05/10/fandom_shows_that_file_sharing_can_create_gained_f ans_not_lost_customers.html)
By Patrick Gray
02 June 2005
Film and television executives no doubt wish the increasingly popular BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-sharing system never saw the light of day. Thousands of consumers are using the software to download hundreds of movies and hours upon hours of television programming.
But one industry's threat is another's opportunity. There's an upside to allowing viewers to transfer copyright material content over BitTorrent.
As noted by Japanese entrepreneur Joi Ito (http://joi.ito.com/archives/2005/05/10/fandom_shows_that_file_sharing_can_create_gained_f ans_not_lost_customers.html) , fans of the Japanese anime series Naruto regularly post translated episodes of the show to BitTorrent, which attracts more fans to the series.
The relatively obscure program has spawned a global following in online forums, internet relay chat channels and fan sites.
More at Wired (http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,67641,00.html)
Fandom shows that filesharing can create "new Fans', not "Lost customers" (http://joi.ito.com/archives/2005/05/10/fandom_shows_that_file_sharing_can_create_gained_f ans_not_lost_customers.html)