Twenty years of open access has allowed us to build the Internet into a powerful economic engine; a platform for the free exchange of information and ideas. Striking down protection of that open access is a major threat to innovation, free speech, and the Internet as we know it. A closed Internet is unproven. There…
BitTorrent CEO Eric Klinker discusses the impact of distributed computing on Internet sustainability. Originally published in Harvard Business Review, March 22, 2013. An open, neutral Internet has been a force for sweeping social change: democratizing information, commerce, and access to jobs, triggering GDP growth and a rising standard of living. Our collective ability to equally…
Well, does it? We hear this question all the time. We hear we’ve killed film, the radio star, and the content industry. We hear we’re the web’s dark matter, and the Internet’s seedy underbelly.
Hello Everyone, Over the weekend we made an announcement in our forums about some improvements coming to µTorrent and BitTorrent, including a new idea we’re experimenting with; in-client featured torrents that will include offers from game and software developers, as well as BitTorrent Bundles from the artists and filmmakers we partner with. We want to…
Today we are really excited to announce that the Internet Archive is making over one million pieces of archived content available to the world via BitTorrent. The Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of “universal access to all knowledge.” They offer permanent storage of and free public access to collections…
We’ve had a lot of success in the last few years putting great content in front of our audiences. Our Featured Content experiments with musicians, filmmakers, game developers and authors have resulted in tens of millions of downloads, not to mention record deals, sold-out movie theaters, world tours and all kinds of ancillary revenue generated…
Today, we are excited to share a significant milestone for the BitTorrent team: 100 million active monthly users. This number represents a combined total of all BitTorrent Mainline and µTorrent software clients, from people like you all around the world. On behalf of the BT team, thank you for being a part of our astounding…
For the past several months, the expansion of apps and delivering quality content to our community has been a couple of our top priorities. Our goal is to create a platform where content creators can deliver their artistic works and build relationships with fans while giving our users access to unique content. Bridging the digital…
Today is the first day of the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, and we have a couple of exciting announcements to share. First, if you check your new apps feature (recently released in the new BitTorrent Mainline client and the µTorrent beta), you’ll find two cool new apps. The first brings the world-famous TEDTalks directly to you,…
Well. Interesting week. Google and Verizon claimed to have solved the Net Neutrality debate. But on whose behalf? True, these two iconic Internet brands deserve a seat at the table in determining the health and regulations of our global network’s backbone. Yet ultimately any compromises must be struck by the industry at large – with…