Comments on: OMG Licensed P2P!!! http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2006/07/30/omg-licensed-p2p/ by Derek Slater Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:07:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: Andreas Bovens http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2006/07/30/omg-licensed-p2p/comment-page-1/#comment-4780 Andreas Bovens Tue, 01 Aug 2006 07:38:00 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2006/07/30/omg-licensed-p2p/#comment-4780 <a></a> Gotcha ;-)

Gotcha ;-)

]]> By: Derek Slater http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2006/07/30/omg-licensed-p2p/comment-page-1/#comment-4779 Derek Slater Tue, 01 Aug 2006 07:14:35 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2006/07/30/omg-licensed-p2p/#comment-4779 <a></a> I agree. My tone was sarcastic ... at least that was the intention.

I agree. My tone was sarcastic … at least that was the intention.

]]> By: Andreas Bovens http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2006/07/30/omg-licensed-p2p/comment-page-1/#comment-4778 Andreas Bovens Tue, 01 Aug 2006 03:59:23 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2006/07/30/omg-licensed-p2p/#comment-4778 <a></a> I must say I'm not convinced this is a first step in the direction of licensed P2P. Look for instance at what happened with iMesh, which is also touted as a legit "P2P" service, while in fact it is a subscription service/music store with some filtered P2P freebies. In the end, I think the big labels are only interested in P2P as a way to limit bandwidth costs (cfr. the recent Bittorrent/movie studios deals) - embracing P2P as a new distribution model would be way too threatening for their hit-focused business models.

I must say I’m not convinced this is a first step in the direction of licensed P2P. Look for instance at what happened with iMesh, which is also touted as a legit “P2P” service, while in fact it is a subscription service/music store with some filtered P2P freebies.
In the end, I think the big labels are only interested in P2P as a way to limit bandwidth costs (cfr. the recent Bittorrent/movie studios deals) – embracing P2P as a new distribution model would be way too threatening for their hit-focused business models.

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