Howard Rheingold, Smart Mobs:

Success will depend on achieving a critical mass of culture creators and paying culture consumers -- but if that happens, Lerhaupt might well have come up with a viable answer to the DRM wars.

Joi Ito, Joi Ito Web:

I'm very interested in the economics of the end of the long tail. My theory is that people will pay, even if they are not forced. I think price, the experience and the lack of DRM should have an impact.

David Weinberger, Joho the Blog:

I hope the marketplace takes off. But I'm worried about the "small monthly fee" Prodigem will require of users once it's out of beta. It may keep the chicken from ever getting out of the egg. But I assume they've thought this through better than I have.

Om Malik, Om Malik on Broadband:

Enck and I agree - this distribution model has legs

Marc Canter, Marc's Voice:

Gary Lerhaupt and the folks [at] Prodigem are gonna give Jeremy Allaire and Brightcove a run for the money - with the opening up of Prodigem Torrents marketplace.

Jordan Running, p2p.weblogsinc.com:

Prodigem has long been providing BitTorrent hosting services for legally-licensed material. Now they’re doing what I believe is a first: Selling BT downloads.

By Gary Lerhaupt, 12:49 PM in prodigem | Comments (0)