While in Australia, Vint Cerf (ICANN chairman, MCI technologist and a father of the Internet) says that Hollywood has been wispering sweet nothings about utilizing BitTorrent to distribute movies.
From CNET Australia:
"I know personally for a fact that various members of the movie industry are really getting interested in how to use the Internet--even BitTorrent--as a...method for distributing content. I've spoken with several movie producers in the last month."
"(The entertainment industry) are only just now starting to come to honest grips with the possibilities of using the Internet."
And, I know that while working with TechNet we often get questions why the group is pushing greater broadband speeds to spur innovation. Answer: Australian pub "The Age" quotes Cerf saying:
"With BitTorrent and a gigabit internet connection - not yet here, but it will come - you could download an hour of digital TV in 15 seconds."
It's not hard to imagine what else you can do with that power.
And, one of the most amazing, but least mentioned Interenet factoids, Cerf said that:
BitTorrent now accounted for more than half of all traffic on the internet, more than double the volume of January 2004.
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