BitTorrent
gives you the same freedom to publish previously
enjoyed by only a select few with special equipment
and lots of money. ("Freedom of the press
is limited to those who own one" -- journalist
A.J. Liebling.)
You have something terrific to publish -- a large
music or video file, software, a game or anything
else that many people would like to have. But
the more popular your file becomes, the more you
are punished by soaring bandwidth costs. If your
file becomes phenomenally successful and a flash
crowd of hundreds or thousands try to get it at
once, your server simply crashes and no one gets
it.
There is a solution to this vicious cycle. BitTorrent,
the result of over two years of intensive development,
is a simple and free software product that addresses
all of these problems.
The key to scaleable and robust distribution
is cooperation. With BitTorrent, those who get
your file tap into their upload capacity to give
the file to others at the same time. Those that
provide the most to others get the best treatment
in return. ("Give and ye shall receive!")
Cooperative distribution can grow almost without
limit, because each new participant brings not
only demand, but also supply. Instead of a vicious
cycle, popularity creates a virtuous circle. And
because each new participant brings new resources
to the distribution, you get limitless scalability
for a nearly fixed cost.
BitTorrent is not just a concept, but has an
easy-to-use implementation capable of swarming
downloads across unreliable networks. BitTorrent
has been embraced by numerous publishers to distribute
to millions of users.
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