BitTorrent as 'video-on-demand'
The Guardian's Simon Waldman offers a brief introduction to BitTorrent for the uninitiated. He makes some interesting analogies; essentaially, he means, BitTorrent can be understood as a form of unofficial proto-version of a 'video-on-demand' system, allowing people to watch whatever TV they want when they want it – something the industry has been talking about for decades but never yet fully managed to provide to any distinguishable scale:In this world the traditional restrictions of schedules and broadcasting territories disappear. You want to watch the latest OC, 24, or Desperate Housewives months before it arrives in the UK? No problem. You're addicted to Comedy Central's the Daily Show, but don't subscribe to Cable? It's all yours.read more
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