legal file sharing and movie downloads at TJ's Weblog

I was waiting a long time for this. Finally File sharing services are lobbying to become ('more') legal. I'm also very curious if there will be more mainstream movie download service soon. As of now there are: Movielink: www.movielink.com Movieflix: movieflix.com CinemaNow: www.cinemanow.com Movielink seems to be only available having a North American IP address. The other two seem to work from Germany at least. Maybe they restrict their services to US [...] Read More


file sharing at TJ's Weblog

Thanks to Patrick some more info about this great distribution channel. Sorry for ther German language! It features a introduction of BitTorrent, that now streams all sorts of data and Konspire2b. See also my earlier posts. [...] Read More


snocap with funding at TJ's Weblog

Shawn Fanning's new venture does it big with 10 million in the first round. "Working with some of the original Napster Inc.'s employees and investors, Fanning, now 24 years old, has formed Snocap Inc. Today, the company plans to announce that it has raised a combined $10 million from two venture-capital firms, Walden Group's WaldenVC and Morgenthaler Ventures."Congratulations! Not much to see yet on the homepage but certainly worth to watch [...] Read More


File sharing key to bootstrapping distribution at BootStrapMe

For bootstrap entrepreneurs, the same file sharing that has created controversy for large media corporations may aid in distribution of intellectual property which otherwise might be cost prohibitive for your startup. Here are some examples: • E-books-Even authors like Seth Godin with access to mainstream publishers have discovered the promotional benefit of free releases in this format. He claims free downloads dramatically aided distribution of his book The Bootstrapper's Bible and believes [...] Read More


Dangers of File Sharing at The Social Networking Weblog

"The data was grabbed from a Pfizer employee's computer through peer-to-peer file-sharing software that was installed by the employee's spouse." ~Baseline Security (June 14) Be careful when setting up your peer-to-peer file-sharing software. Make sure you lock out all non-essential files. If you don't then you to will be a victim of file theft. It's easy for other people on your peer-to-peer network to get into your computer and download whatever [...] Read More