p2p TV

Well with this you should see all paytv stuff for free :D :01:


RedHerring
Peer-to-Peer TV: Forget Wife Swap, the next fad to hit TV, and the courts, could be swapping live video feeds. December 16, 2004
“This is something new,” says Charles Baker, lead attorney for StreamCast Networks, creators of the peer-to-peer file-sharing software Morpheus. Streamcast’s joint case with Grokster, another peer-to-peer network, is expected to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in March.
Another benefit to Cybersky’s design is that it’s purely legal ‑ at least for now. Cybersky doesn’t rely on a central server ‑ a legal fine point that sank Napster ‑ but will instead help users swap files among themselves. This has allowed alternatives to Napster, such as Grokster, to flourish.....more->
http://www.redherring.com/Article.as...eer-to-Peer+TV

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Too bad it's probably closed source and windows only...

Something like this that is open source and java might be very cool. I'd love to see such an application.