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Re: Ask: why are there are no file sharing startups?

#11

copywrite,riaa,mpaa,mafiaa If you think about most content out how much is owned by the creators? I say you should make the next bittorrent, if it becomes successful you'll have armies of lawyers saying your the pirate even though you just created a way to file transfer.

Yeah, there were dozens of companies like you describe in the wake of Napster. The lawyers laid waste to the field.

Re: Ask: why are there are no file sharing startups?

#13
post #7

Wasn't there one that was putting in a PPP client as a firefox extension? What ever happened to them?

All Peers ( http://www.allpeers.com/ ) is probably the FF extension you're thinking about.

It was, good find.

Re: Ask: why are there are no file sharing startups?

#16
post #14

We're working on an open-source distributed storage system that can also be used to easily share files. It also has p2p streaming download which is kind of fun to use. http://allmydata.org

I should add that we are not focusing on file-sharing. Our commercial model (.com) is based upon managed backup services. When we looked at the possibility of file-sharing as a service, we were quickly dissuaded by the amount of potential litigation we could face.

Re: Ask: why are there are no file sharing startups?

#17
post #7

Wasn't there one that was putting in a PPP client as a firefox extension? What ever happened to them?

All Peers ( http://www.allpeers.com/ ) is probably the FF extension you're thinking about.

AllPeers has folded, sadly:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080303-alack-of-peers...

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