Making Millions Off P2P - P2P-Zone

napho · 17-11-03, 06:48 AM

I doubt they're making as much as those figures indicate.

Advertising and bundled software many not sound like a recipe for making big money but in the P2P industry it can be enough for even the smaller P2P companies to rake in millions of dollars. Industry observers say that Sharman Networks' annual revenue is estimated to be $175 million and court documents show that much smaller players like StreamCast have earnt many millions from P2P. There is certainly some serious money to be made out of P2P.

Slyck details a P2P rich list based on some known earnings and some industry estimates. It is no surprise that those who created the most commercially successful P2P application of all time are also the biggest earners.

http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=298

JackSpratts · 17-11-03, 12:12 PM

if true one would think that all cash might buy a little access to the lawmakers in washington who now sell their votes regularly to the riaa and the mpaa. it seems like the volunteers in the p2p community are the doing the heavy lifting each day trying to inform citizens of the philosophical importance in having a robust system of information sharing uncontrolled - and uncontrollable - by any state, institution or corporate entity.

the figures for kazaa indicate that this one company alone could outspend the riaa, mpaa and ira combined in dc lobbying, guaranteeing a place at the table, maybe even at the head of the table, for those copyright sit downs they’re always having for everyone else.

so either the figures are highly suspect or the companies are near suicidal in their avoidance of the copyright conferences here in washington, belgium and elsewhere.

if it were me, and i had that kind of filesharing loot, after i had stocked my swimming pool with a groovy collection of exotic runway models, every next dollar would go to making life thoroughly miserable for any official standing in the way of peer-to-peer.

nobody can call me shallow.

- js.

17-11-03, 06:48 AM	#1
napho Dawn's private genie Join Date: May 2001 Location: the Canadian wasteland Posts: 4,461	Making Millions Off P2P I doubt they're making as much as those figures indicate. Advertising and bundled software many not sound like a recipe for making big money but in the P2P industry it can be enough for even the smaller P2P companies to rake in millions of dollars. Industry observers say that Sharman Networks' annual revenue is estimated to be $175 million and court documents show that much smaller players like StreamCast have earnt many millions from P2P. There is certainly some serious money to be made out of P2P. Slyck details a P2P rich list based on some known earnings and some industry estimates. It is no surprise that those who created the most commercially successful P2P application of all time are also the biggest earners. http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=298

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17-11-03, 12:12 PM	#2
JackSpratts Join Date: May 2001 Location: New England Posts: 10,017	if true one would think that all cash might buy a little access to the lawmakers in washington who now sell their votes regularly to the riaa and the mpaa. it seems like the volunteers in the p2p community are the doing the heavy lifting each day trying to inform citizens of the philosophical importance in having a robust system of information sharing uncontrolled - and uncontrollable - by any state, institution or corporate entity. the figures for kazaa indicate that this one company alone could outspend the riaa, mpaa and ira combined in dc lobbying, guaranteeing a place at the table, maybe even at the head of the table, for those copyright sit downs they’re always having for everyone else. so either the figures are highly suspect or the companies are near suicidal in their avoidance of the copyright conferences here in washington, belgium and elsewhere. if it were me, and i had that kind of filesharing loot, after i had stocked my swimming pool with a groovy collection of exotic runway models, every next dollar would go to making life thoroughly miserable for any official standing in the way of peer-to-peer. nobody can call me shallow. - js.