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BitTorrent shuts down download store

article published on 7 December, 2008

In a decision that should come as no surprise to anyone, BitTorrent Inc. has shut down their struggling Torrent Entertainment Network paid download store. Last month the company drastically reduced their staff by half and removed the CEO in favor of former CTO Eric Klinker. BitTorrent vice president of marketing Simon Morris added that the company has been taking down the store since Nov. 17. ... [ read the full article ]

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hikaricor
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_ 		7. December 2008 @ 23:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I never even knew there was an online shop to buy things and download them via torrent... sounds like a terrible idea.
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ZippyDSM
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_ 		8. December 2008 @ 06:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Without backing from the industry to share porffits leaglly it will never work it bearly works for Ipod and thats only because they have the brand trend behind it take that away and the prices and DRM would destory the service.
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