[tinus_hn]

Careful! P2P streaming video is a (completely non obvious, according to the courts) infringement of the VirNetX patent that for example Apple just had to pay a few billions of dollars for.

If you implement p2p video streaming chances are no company will want to touch it with a ten foot pole.

[BlueTemplar]

Um, shouldn't the patent have expired by now ?

[tinus_hn]

Probably not or it would have been on the news and you would start seeing p2p communications again. It’s not rocket science, after all.

[BlueTemplar]

But p2p streaming has been around since the mid 2000's ?? (Pre-Microsoft Skype, Miro, Joost, Tribler...)

And for some recent examples : what about Popcorn Time ? Or PeerTube ?

EDIT : Oh, I guess that most of those are technically not "streaming", but "watching while downloading" like YouTube or FTP+VLC ?

[tinus_hn]

The court does not agree with you. A peer to peer communication service, like FaceTime was originally, violates the patents.

[BlueTemplar]

Ok, so : when was this patent approved, and when does it expire ?

[tinus_hn]

I think this year but I suggest you look it up yourself, they probably are mentioned in the court documents and the dates are public.