Vuze: BitTorrent With a Friendly Legal Face
Duncan Riley
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Vuze is a BitTorrent based content distribution platform that competes in the ever growing TV over internet market.
Vuze comes from BitTorrent application provider Azureus and is built on the Azureus platform. We previously looked at Vuze when it was known as Zudeo in December 06. An awful lot has happened in this space since in the past six months, including the launches of Joost, Bablegum and Veoh. Vuze has evolved as well.
The key selling point of Vuze is HD content, which the company provides through a variety of content partnerships with companies such as Starz, The BBC, A&E, and Showtime. Vuze has a strong emphasis on community; users are able to create channels for content, rate, and have conversations around content. Producers can upload their original works and can even charge a download or rental fee.
Comparing it to the competition is difficult as Vuze is a distinctly different offering. Vuze is extremely easy to use, which in itself is rather amazing given it comes from Azureus; the Azureus BitTorrent client being known for its relative complexity. The line up is solid; yes, you can get a lot of the content elsewhere but usually it’s not in HD. The need to download content could be seen as a negative, low resolution previews are available on demand but for full HD clips it’s a matter of waiting, and depending on your internet connection this can involve a long wait. Then there is the legal aspect: this isn’t BitTorrent as most people know it because all content is 100% legal and in many cases is charged for, which begs the question: if it’s not delivered on demand and you have to pay for some of it, wouldn’t some users just download the illegal version for free? Perhaps iTunes would make for a better comparison in terms of the model.
Overall though Vuze is a good package, maybe not quite as appealing as Joost but with more to offer than Bablegum. I can’t fully compare it to Veoh yet as the Veoh client has crashed for me three times in as many hours but I can say with certainty that Vuze is more stable.
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Vuze is too slow. Download also takes too long.
Well if original peple are paid legally then they continue to hanker us with entertaining content. Too much TV too little original entertaining idea, is just the order of the day World-Wide.
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http://www.vuze.com/content/Bu.....X&sp=1
Here is the link to their Most Popular Videos of All Time
There are low Res and Hi Res alternatives
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Nice initiative but it’s not marketed enough towards Europe I suppose. But I may be wrong.
Nice initiative but it’s not marketed enough towards Europe I suppose.
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- also your site sucks
— Next —- Vuze and all others, can’t compare to Demcracy player
You should point out that it’s DRM-infested.
The best thing I like about Vuze is you would be able to share your original content. I can’t wait for the option to sell my content! Cash is king!’
Vuze you Rock!
Things to note about Vuze: 1) it has worldwide content–not just aimed at Europe. 2) there is plenty of non-DRM content…with more to come soon 3) you can’t beat Vuze for delivery of HD content–fast, full screen and sharp. The evolution will be more obvious over the next few months (and weeks).
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I think it is interesting that for once an open source company is leading the innovation charge. Don’t get me wrong. I love OSS and much of my company is based on OSS technology, but historically the open source community has been followers…not leaders.
One more comment. Because it is open source, I can be reasonably confident that it isn’t infested with all sorts of spyware and exploits. Most private companies don’t seem to mind bundling in all sorts of crap in their installers.
I like the idea and the drawbacks will be fixed over a period of evolution, it’s just a matter of time, once the idea is adopted by the end users.
I recently wrote about Torrent over Rich Internet Applications Platform and it’s nice to hear and see something that reinforces my idea about Torrent over RIA being a killer combination.
I think we learned enough lessons in past three decades to understand that in software world “Never Say Die!”
~Accidents lead to Patterns!
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YouTube may not be great, but whenever I visit Veoh each day there’s not enough new content to keep me on the site for long periods of time. The same may be true for Vuze lacking large amounts of video content. If you know exactly what you are looking for, and can manage to find them on these newer video sites, then that’s always a better option than YouTube because of the better video quality offered.
I wonder how long Vuze and its provider Azureus is going to be around though. Azureus is being sued…
((Link:http://newteevee.com/2007/06/12/azureus-facing-lawsuit-in-france/)http://newteevee.com/2007/06/12/azureus-facing-lawsuit-in-france/)
…so I question their chances of survival.
I wonder how long Vuze and its provider Azureus is going to be around though. Azureus is being sued…
http://newteevee.com/2007/06/1.....in-france/
so I question their chances of survival.
Do you sue the makers of a car because it crashes? Or perhaps the creators of a knife because you cut your fingers off? In this same way Azureus can’t be sued - although they have made a bittorrent program, it in itself is legal. The users are the ones who are sharing (and storing) the illegal content. Sue them.
In fact, the internet is being used to download files illegally, so lets sue Tim Bernads-Lee (in his grave) or CERN for creating it. This is the same reason http://thepiratebay.org/ still exists (Interesting reading: http://thepiratebay.org/legal )
Anyway, Vuze is amazing. Friggin’ amazing. I’d say 90% of the stuff is free and over half HD. No crashes. I have a 10mbps internet connection (1024 kb/s) and it has been downloading at about 300-500kb/s for each torrent - very fast, considering its bittorrent.
Very polished look and overall 11/10.