Redifining 'Artistic Freedom': Prodigem Opens Service to General Public

[Ne007]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- File sharing is here to stay, and no one knows this more than Prodigem, an innovative new media marketplace for BitTorrent files and the brainchild of Stanford graduate student Gary Lerhaupt. Lerhaupt created Prodigem as a way for up-and-coming artists and companies to use the Internet to share and sell music and video files, and today announced his intention to open Prodigem to the general public. Users can now obtain a Prodigem Starter Account with 100MB of storage and 3GB of bandwidth per month for a one-time fee of just $1, or simply by purchasing any content on http://www.prodigem.com , and can use the account to distribute and sell their media content online.

Previously, prospective Prodigem account holders had to be invited to use the service by a current account holder, and access to its marketplace was closed to a select number of those users. But Lerhaupt has eliminated these restrictions, offering Prodigem to the masses in an attempt to create a virtual marketplace where buyers and sellers of mainstream or cutting-edge, do-it-yourself (DIY) media can swap and sell their files easily and inexpensively, while increasing their visibility along the way.

"Prodigem empowers artists and in a way that previously did not exist, and we are proud to debut the service to the general public," said Lerhaupt, speaking from Prodigem's California headquarters. "Using Prodigem, individuals can not only distribute media files to a wide and diverse audience, but can also retain complete control of their media content as it is being distributed without having to worry about the traditional bandwidth costs associated with internet distribution because of the magic of BitTorrent."

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[Ne007]

This is good stuff.....it IS what P2P is all about. Free speech. I can see the government cringing about this kinda thing now...and devising ways to stop it.

I'm sure they will use words like "national security", "homeland security", "keeping our troops safe," and "patriot" and the word "act" in order to bring a stop to it.

woops...the patriot act has already been passed and is going to be made permanent.......

I'm not sure if the fee is appropriate or not....but i would encourage and promote anything that has to do with bringing information that isn't spoon fed from the government and/or corporate BS to people.