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Zenith, Another Excellent Film Released on BitTorrent for Free

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VODO -the independent BitTorrent distribution platform for filmmakers came out with another great release today. Zenith is a cataclysmic cyberpunk thriller, directed by Anonymous and featuring Jason Robards III, Emmy-winner Zohra Lampert and David Thornton.

If we have to believe the reviews the film is worth watching.

“A high-concept, brave-new-world sci-fi puzzle… echoes futuristic thrillers such as 12 Monkeys and Children of Men… an atmosphere of mounting paranoia that’s grim and chilling,” Loren King of the Boston Globe wrote.

“Zenith [is] at top of its game,” said the Boston Herald.

Image is Loading....As with every VODO release, the film can be downloaded for free, powered by BitTorrent. In addition to the familiar .torrent downloads Firefox users can also stream the film directly via the BitTorrent powered Swarmplayer plugin.

 

PPLive Gets $250 Million Investment

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This is probably the largest investment in a P2P company ever. The China based live streaming pioneers at PPLive just raked in $250 million.

“Synacast is better known under the name of its popular peer-to-peer video platform PPLive. Softbank announced the deal earlier today without disclosing specifics, but PPLive CEO Vintent Tao confirmed the actual amount during a phone interview, saying that “this capital will really help us to be more competitive in China”.”

GigaOM has the juicy details.

Has Piracy Ever Killed An Industry?

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Throughout the decades we’ve all heard that battle cry that piracy is killing the music business. But is it really?

Since mix-tapes music fans have continually copied music illegally and the industry is still alive today. The film and TV industry cried wolf with the onset of the video age, and there industry is thriving like never before. Instead of blaming the messenger, i.e. that consumers want to own their music no matter what device or service they need to play it on – once they have paid for it.

The recorded music industry should be taking an inward look at its own practices where it can easily be claimed that numerous record labels rip-off artists in a morally bankrupt manner.

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