Put.io describes itself as ‘online storage re-imagined’, allowing users to upload their files and then access them from any device with a browser, including smartphones and games consoles.
But here’s the thing: “We can fetch files from the bittorrent network. We also support ftp’s, direct download links, rapidshare links, basic http authenticated links”. Or, to put that another way: it can download an entire movie in five minutes and store it in your locker, ready to stream to your browser, media player or mobile device.
It’s exactly this kind of service that’s likely to cloud (ahem) the thinking when politicians are trying to draft legislation. Uploading someone’s own content to stream to their various devices is one thing, but bundling that service with the ability to fetch files from BitTorrent and Rapidshare is guaranteed to stoke the ire of the creative industries.
Put.io is in private beta. Expect to hear more about it in the months to come…
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