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Ideas about how to monetize P2P activity – as opposed to trying to sue it and its users out of existence – have been discussed for years, and several companies have attempted or are attempting to do it. Thus far, the results haven’t been all that encouraging. Within the past month, BitTorrent, Inc. announced that it is
abandoning its paid P2P offering, and P2P search advertising service SkyRider
pulled the plug on its business. There were certainly flaws in the way that both of these companies executed their services, but nevertheless it got me thinking: Can file-sharing be monetized effectively over the long-term? Or is it a strategy that, while appealing in theory, is destined to fall short in practice?
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