41 Distributive computing architecture enables the coordination of an Internet, Intranet, Virtual Private Network or other telecommunications based audience This audience eventually views or purchases the entertainment products produced by radio stations, record labels, performers, television and movie studios, and major publishing houses Distributive computing is an architecture that links end users and their computers into a cost effective, powerful consumer network for the sharing or purchasing of content and entertainment Productions of radio or television programs, live performances by entertainers, sharing of content, are all enabled for a fraction of the cost of existing communication protocols and schemes Distributive computing is the mechanism that enables media and content to be shared or sold across a vast audience Distributive computing maximizes and utilizes the power of the end users' computers or access devices by linking them with an open source or proprietary communications protocol By creating a network of shared computer processing power, content, media, and entertainment provided by the publishing and entertainment community can be disseminated throughout the network for a fraction of the cost of stand client/server networks that presently exist on the Internet and other telecommunication devices