Lanovision P2P video streaming client shown to endanger academic careers
Imagine iTunes shared music libraries for video, and you've got Lanovision, a new P2P video streaming client created by one Patrick Fitzsimmons. PVRblog had occasion to have a bit of interview with Patrick, who clarified that the focus on streaming over file sharing was both to avoid long download times as well as to avoid the long arm of the RIAA: "Lanovision tries to be the equivalent of borrowing a friend's movie" (at least until even that's made illegal, anyway). Future plans for Lanovision include integrating bittorrent-like functionality to distribute bandwidth more effectively, as well as an OS X client in the near near future. It supports just about anything you can throw at it, and it's completely free. We haven't had a chance to test it out yet, but apparently the populations of several college dorms are in danger of flunking out of school because of its dopetitude, so we're prepared go ahead and give it a hearty thumbs up.
[Via PVRblog]
