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The BitTorrent software is free to download and use. To then download the album, they need to use a BitTorrent client – a piece of software that connects to the BitTorrent network and downloads and shares the chunks of files before building the finished album.
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After entering PayPal or credit card details the user is given a Torrent file. Listeners will need a computer, but can buy the album via the BitTorrent site. Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes marks the first paid-for album to be distributed via BitTorrent bundles. Until now, all BitTorrent bundles were a collection of free files from artists with the option to sign up with a mailing list to get access to more. Unlike most files shared over BitTorrent via sites like the Pirate Bay or other illegal file sharing sites, “bundles” are links to the files that can be controlled and sold to users legally. Once all the small chunks are downloaded, the software stitches the file together into the completed file. Downloading from multiple users at the same time speeds up the download considerably.
The small chunks are downloaded to a user’s computer from anyone on the network that is also sharing the files. How does it work?Įach of the files are broken down into small chunks and sent across the internet between the computers using the BitTorrent software. The software system allows users to share files between computers on a peer-to-peer basis, rather than downloading direct from one server owned and operated by a company, which leads to faster downloads and a significantly reduced cost for the file distributor, in this case Thom Yorke.
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What is BitTorrent?īitTorrent became notorious for the illegal sharing of pirated music, movies and TV shows during the early noughties, but is actually a piece of technology that allows for more efficient distribution of files across the internet. Unlike traditional methods of buying and downloading music, BitTorrent bundles work through a different system shared between users in much the same way as pirated music, with the crucial difference being that users pay for it. Thom Yorke’s new solo album is being sold and distributed not through Apple’s iTunes, Amazon or Spotify streams, but via the new BitTorrent bundles, direct from the artist to the listeners.
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