BitTorrent Plans To Help Artists Get Paid While Giving Their Creations For Free.

[Greg Troy (KeepFighting)]

In many people's minds (especially those in certain industries), the word "torrent" is synonymous with piracy. This has obviously caused a bit of problem for BitTorrent, Inc., the parent company of BitTorrent client, uTorrent. Despite the fact that uTorrent has legitimate uses, most members of the press and politicians continue to link BitTorrent with the act of copyright infringement, and in some cases, seem to believe that The Pirate Bay and BitTorrent are either related businesses, if not actually the same entity.
 
Following the footsteps of Youtube, BitTorrent is experimenting with ways to help artists make money while still giving away their work for free. The first experiment goes live today. Torrentfreak has the details:

http://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20120724/13470519813/bittorrent-announces-plans-to-help-artists-get-paid-while-giving-their-creations-away-free.shtml