The Web 2.0 filesharing service GigaTribe this week announced the launch of its service in the United States.

As Startup Meme's Sardar Mohkim Khan notes, the service's key strength lies in the promise that it "will enable users to share images, documents and videos in a private network that somehow escapes the RIAA and MPAA's hawk eyes..."

"Once you select which folders you want to share with your groups,
those folders are instantly accessible to your friends," according to MacTech. "You can add
new files to those folders or change those files at any time. There's no need for any additional steps, no uploading, no size limitations,
and no security threat."

Still, there's no such thing as a free lunch. "Although GigaTribe tries to make its free application sound compelling, it's the $29.95-per-year Ultimate product that packs most of the benefits," writes CNET's Don Reisinger. "Aside from faster downloading and multidownloading capability, the Ultimate service provides remote access to the files, password protection on all files, and most importantly, group access management."

More here from p2p net news ... more here from TMCnet ... more here from Helzerman's Odd Bits ... and the press release is here.