<?php NavActions::setNavUri('/learn'); Response::setMetaImage('http://lbry.io/img/cover-team.jpg'); Response::setMetaDescription('LBRY is founded by a team passionate about connecting producers and consumers and breaking down broken models. Learn more about them.'); echo View::render('nav/header', ['isDark' => false]); ?> <main> <div class="content"> <h1>About Us</h1> </div> <div class="hero hero-quote hero-img spacer2" style="background-image: url(/img/cover-team.jpg)"> <div class="hero-content-wrapper"> <div class="hero-content"> <blockquote class="blockquote-large"> <p>LBRY is so simple your Grandma can use it. I’m ready to see blockchain technology become useful for regular people.</p> </blockquote> <cite>Mike Vine <em>Technology Evangelist</em></cite> </div> </div> </div> <div class="content photo-grid spacer2"> <h2>The Team</h2> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span6 spacer2"> <div class="photo-container"> <img src="/img/jeremy-644x450.jpg" alt="photo of Jeremy Kauffman"/> </div> <h4>Jeremy Kauffman <a href="mailto:jeremy@lbry.io" class="link-primary"><span class="icon icon-envelope"></span></a></h4> <div class="meta spacer1">Founder, CEO</div> <p>
<?php NavActions::setNavUri('/learn'); Response::setMetaImage('http://lbry.io/img/xkcd-comic.png'); Response::setMetaDescription('Learn about the inspiration behind LBRY\'s revolutionary content distribution system.'); echo View::render('nav/header', ['isDark' => false]); ?> <main> <div class="content"><h1>Why?</h1></div> <div class="hero hero-quote hero-img spacer2" style="background-image: url(/img/cover-jcole.jpg)"> <div class="hero-content-wrapper"> <div class="hero-content"> <blockquote> <p>If you made the music, and you made the art, and you put it into the world, I should be able to use it. I'ma pay you, I'ma give you a percentage, but... you was inspired by the world; allow the world to be inspired by your [work] and to use your [work].</p> </blockquote> <cite>J. Cole, <em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMCGOAGb4Y0&t=470s">Note to Self</a></em></cite> </div> </div> </div> <div class="content spacer2"> <h3>The World We Live In</h3> <p>Annual internet video traffic is approximately 500 exabytes (500,000,000,000 GB)<sup><a href="http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/service-provider/ip-ngn-ip-next-generation-network/white_paper_c11-481360.html">1</a></sup>. Every second, over 10,000 hours of video are streamed. The technical term for the quantity of videos people watch every year is a million jillion. You know this.</p> <p>What you may not know: <em>video distribution is fundamentally flawed</em>.</p> <p> The fatal flaw of existing systems is their centralized, top-down design. The consequences: </p> <ol> <li><p><strong>Increased costs to consumers.</strong> Providers bear significant infrastructure costs, regulatory and compliance costs,