CBC prime time ready for BitTorrent by Michael Geist, The Star (Mar 24)
CBC is releasing a high-resolution version of the finale of Canada's Next Great Prime Minister without copy protection on BitTorrent. "The public will be able to download, copy and share the program without restrictions."
How easily we can see this depends on Canada's Internet service providers.
"Companies such as Rogers have admitted that they actively limit the amount of bandwidth allocated for file swapping on BitTorrent. Those practices – known as traffic shaping – may leave Canadians wondering why they are unable to swiftly download CBC content. In fact, critics point to the anti-competitive effects of ISPs limiting access to new forms of video distribution, while actively offering consumers competing video services."
Posted by Gwen at March 24, 2008 12:30 PM