Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Bit Torrent Has No Peers

Hollywood can't keep up with those crafty Bit Torrent users, so if you can't beat 'em, you may as well join 'em.

Bit Torrent users download more than 1 million movies per day, and the "service" has prompted InfoFilter to start charting the songs and videos that are the most downloaded.

And soon downloads will be even faster as networking companies are loading a Bit Torrent client directly into their routers.

Bit Torrent's execs say they want to offer a legit service and have been speaking to the movie studios about getting content deals. Although Time Warner may not be loaded with cash right now, it would be a good time to invest in the company and control the piracy and use the platform as a distribution for its Warner Bros. movies and AOL's Red video service which on Halloween will unleash the latest Tara Reid (a poor man's Kari Wuhrer) horror vehicle.

Piracy ain't right, but the demand will always be there, so Hollywood would probably make more money by having paid content available through Bit Torrent than trying to fight with lawsuits. Also, Bit Torrent should take the first decent deal to come along to prevent become the next Napster.

By John Gartner at 01:29 PM | Comments (0)

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