Ask: why are there are no file sharing startups?
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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.
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.
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.
FilePhile is one.
http://www.filephile.net/
http://www.filephile.net/
SpiderOak http://spideroak.com isn't specifically a filesharing system, but you can share your backed up files.
Miro is debatably a startup working in file sharing.
Wasn't there one that was putting in a PPP client as a firefox extension?
What ever happened to them?
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...
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080303-alack-of-peers...
It was, good find.
You mean "P2P client".
Might wanna keep an eye on Reble.fm
Joost?
file.io ?
People will put up with bad interfaces and installing desktop software if it gets them what they want in a new, faster way. This has been proved several times since Napster arrived.
So why not make a better BitTorrent or something?
Oh, and I know Bram Cohen's company took money, and there are online services for transferring large files around, but as far as I know that's about it.