Torrents Made Streams with Put.io

For many the idea of downloading a movie to merely watch it once and then remove it from their hard drive has become rather unappealing and that’s why services like Put.io are starting to open new prospects for new ventures and a new segment of audience.

What is Put.io?

A service that gets files from the Web and enables either storage or direct streaming.

Put.io has the ability to fetch files from bittorrent, FTP, Direct download, Rapidshare, and also standard websites. Moreover, it can even pull links from an RSS feed and stores the files allowing you to come back and access them anytime you want.

Currently in beta, Put.io offers 50 GB of storage with 150 GB of bandwidth. While downloading files to the service will not count for the bandwidth usage, accessing the files will; this means the more you watch a file, the less bandwidth you have.

Naturally, a service like Put.io couldn’t have come without file sharing features – the site allows you to share files and folders with other people and access files from any browser supporting device. Apart from a mobile version, Put.io intends to release an API together with a Boxee plugin.

With regard to copyright issues Put.io states: "It is our policy to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") and other applicable intellectual property laws. Responses may include disabling access for all users to the material claimed to be the subject of infringing activity and/or terminating submitters of the material ability to use the Put.io service at all."