BitTorrent
I don't like to comment on other VC firm's deals and I am not going to comment on this one either.
But as a long time BitTorrent user, I found this analysis spot on.
Musings of a VC in NYC
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You just did comment on it!
I love it...americans are the only people who will say "not to insult you, but.." right before they insult you :)
Posted by: TheRealist | November 30, 2006 at 01:07 PM
Agreed with analysis. Remember Kazaa? They have been selling (trying to) content on their platform for around 3 years, when was the last time one of your friends bought something on there? Also, most of what they did sell was porn, go figure. My analysis is that BitTorrent is a cool product, Bram is smart (the one time I did talk to him I was impressed) but it's value as a platform to sell multi multi millions in content will be limited because as a user I would rather buy from itunes or a more trusted source than a site that grew up as a way to illegally share files.
Richie
Posted by: Richie Hecker | November 30, 2006 at 06:16 PM
Have you looked at the Democracy Player at http://www.getdemocracy.com/ ? It's made bittorrent feeds work just like any other, although all files have to be fully downloaded before playback can begin.
Posted by: Dana Powers | November 30, 2006 at 07:17 PM