Digital Photo Sharing Service Launching Today

[Kent Pribbernow]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-5214575.html?tag=nefd.top' target='_blank'>http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-5214575.html?tag=nefd.top</a><br /><br /></div>"Peer-to-peer technology, made famous by music-sharing networks like Napster, may have found a new lease on life in the digital pictures business. <a href="http://www.ourpictures.com/">OurPictures</a>, a Palo Alto, Calif., start-up, on Tuesday plans to launch its service for letting subscribers share pictures over the Internet but without the constraints of e-mail attachments or Web sites. The idea behind OurPictures, which is set to conclude a three-month test of its service, is that subscribers can post pictures to a network of fellow subscribers who transfer the pictures directly from one computer to another."<br /><br />P2P for digital photography? Interesting idea, but why would users want to share their personal photo albums via P2P? I believe the web has proven to be the superior tool for photo sharing. Will this service take off? <br /><br />Visit <a href="http://www.ourpictures.com/">OurPictures web site</a>.

[Jason Dunn]

Hmm...I don't know, this is quite interesting. It's similar to what Hello does, but not quite. If you think about it, for the average Joe, it makes sense - most people don't have domains, Web sites, or have a clue how to resize images and upload them via FTP. Even email can be tricky when they send images that are far too big - there's something to be said for opening up your albums to family and friends without any special knowledge.