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Torrent feature

Wired has an interesting feature on BitTorrent including an interview with Brian Cohen. I’ve been fascinated by BitTorrent since I encountered it – far more than with other, earlier, P2P formats. In the manner in which it distributes the distribution burden it adds another link to the ‘chain’ that is rewriting the possibilities for ground-breaking changes in the media landscape.
That may sound over-wrought, or technologically deterministic, but when I think about the ways in which RSS (syndication), blogs (amateur publication) and torrents (distributed, or dispersed, distribution) might be combined I’m hopeful that new participatory and non-corporate approaches will open up. The Wired article shows that the networks are very much alive to the issue, and actively investigating how they can instead move things to their advantage. The game is on.