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=== Film, video, and music === * [[BitTorrent (company)|BitTorrent Inc.]] has obtained a number of licenses from Hollywood studios for distributing popular content from their websites.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} * [[Sub Pop]] Records releases tracks and videos via BitTorrent Inc.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bittorrent.com/users/subpoprecords/| title=Sub Pop page on BitTorrent.com| access-date=13 December 2006| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070114140652/http://www.bittorrent.com/users/subpoprecords/| archive-date=14 January 2007|url-status=dead| df=dmy-all}}</ref> to distribute its 1000+ albums. [[Babyshambles]] and [[The Libertines]] (both bands associated with [[Pete Doherty]]) have extensively used torrents to distribute hundreds of demos and live videos. US [[industrial rock]] band [[Nine Inch Nails]] frequently distributes albums via BitTorrent. * [[Podcast]]ing software has integrated BitTorrent to help podcasters deal with the download demands of their MP3 "radio" programs. Specifically, [[Juice (podcasting)|Juice]] and [[Miro Media Player|Miro]] (formerly known as Democracy Player) support automatic processing of .torrent files from [[RSS]] feeds. Similarly, some BitTorrent clients, such as [[μTorrent]], are able to process [[web feeds]] and automatically download content found within them. * [[Discipline Global Mobile|DGM Live]] previously used BitTorrent to distribute music purchases.<ref>{{cite web |title=Need Help? |url=https://www.dgmlive.com/help.htm#whatisbittorrent |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119165422/https://www.dgmlive.com/help.htm#whatisbittorrent |archive-date=19 November 2016 |access-date= |publisher= |df=dmy-all}}</ref> * [[VODO]] was a platform for promoting and distributing [[Free content|freely licensed]] films. It used BitTorrent for distribution and encouraged downloaders to donate to content creators.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is VODO? |url=http://vo.do/about |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122135317/http://vo.do/about |archive-date=January 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 3, 2010 |title=P2P Backed Film Platform to Reward Influencers |url=https://torrentfreak.com/p2p-backed-film-platform-to-reward-influencers-101003/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715151513/https://torrentfreak.com/p2p-backed-film-platform-to-reward-influencers-101003/ |archive-date=July 15, 2024 |access-date=January 1, 2025 |website=TorrentFreak}}</ref>
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