JohnEdwards2008.torrent
John Edwards is harnessing the power of P2P by using BitTorrent to distribute his campaign videos . As reported by Torrent Freak:
John Edwards, one of the democratic presidential candidates in 2004 is using bittorrent to spread his campaign stuff. Campaigns are pretty expensive, so sharing bandwidth is a good idea.
Edwards is likely to run for President again in 2008, so if you live in the USA, and you want a president that supports bittorrent, vote for Edwards.
John Edwards is no stranger to the technological frontlines. He was exceedingly vocal during the net neutrality debate, and now he — or somebody on his staff — has recognized that BT as the most effective method of distributing large files. Of course, they could have just decided that MoveDigital was the best site to use for file distribution, and MoveDigital just happens to offer torrent downloads in addition to HTTP downloads…
Whatever the motivation for the choice turns out to be, this is some excellent PR for BitTorrent. And by BitTorrent, I mean both the company and the protocol. The technology is being used for legal, totally legit purposes. Most of the people who've heard of BitTorrent probably consider it some sort of Napster clone, or just the latest method the kids have come up with to steal music and movies. Which, of course, it's not.
[link via Torrent Freak]
