Sen. John Edwards uses Bittorrent
Regardless of which side of the political fence you stand on, I'm sure we can all agree that we need more people in government who understand how the Internet works. Sen. John Edwards, former running mate of John Kerry and possible 2008 presidential hopeful, was an early adopter of the podcast as a way to reach constituents. Now he's using Bittorrent to distribute campaign video.
Edwards, according to Torrentfreak uses Movedigital, a service that combines .torrent downloads with web-seeding. Movedigital acts as the main seed, but once there are enough seeds and peers around, the bandwidth bill for Edwards drops.
Say what you will, but Edwards is showing a level of tech savvy that, I think, gaggles of geeks have been waiting for. The Internet has become a part of every aspect of our daily lives, and Internet issues (P2P, DMCA censorship, net-neutrality) affect us all. Seeing a candidate who "groks" a legal and important use of P2P could make many geeks take a second look.
[via TorrentFreak]
