One Long Tail Opportunity: Bit Torrent Servers

Bit-Torrent Server! It sounds like something from a natural disaster film. So what is it and how does it pertain to the Musical Long Tail?

A Bit torrent server is one of many ways to share files. The Bit Torrent software is available and makes sharing large files fast and easy.

Here is how:

Instead of searching for a file from the World Wide Web, Bit torrent files are shared peer to peer. The program looks for the file that you want among other bit torrent customers and the files are shared between the computers. The more you download the faster your download time is because you upgrade your status as you share files with other computers.

Leeches are common among Bit torrent customers. When someone downloads a file and then immediately gets off without sharing, they are called a leech. No one likes a leech.

The seed or seeder is the computer with the entire downloadable file. They share their file when they are connected to the Bit Torrent server.

The Swarm is a group of computers all downloading the same file.

The tracker looks for the file you are in need of and sends it on to you.

Some common Bit Torrent Servers are Gnutella and Kazaa.

So, are Bit torrent servers legal? Like anything else, you must be careful not to infringe on Copyrighted material.