MOVIE BITTORRENT : "And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these were the borogoves..."** Make your vote count. Get your vote counted.Went to alt.bittorrent to see what it was. Looks like a bunch of kidstrading video games and TV shows in ways the original copyrightholders probably don't appreciate.It's a file sharing program, yes. And I don't doubt that some stuff getsdistributed on it that shouldn't. But if all the game authors for thecomp have agreed to let their games be distributed, what's the differencebetween downloading it from someone's ftp/web site or getting it fromanother person who's already downloaded it to their computer? You know,file sharing programs aren't inherently bad just because many people douse them for illegal practices. I don't see any problem with using ithere for distrubuting games that the authors want distributed.Does that mean that http isn't used by this bunch of kids to trade videogames and TV shows in ways the original copyright holders probably don'tappreciate? I don't think so. MOVIE BITTORRENT : And if the organizer explains that he would appreciate it if you useBitTorrent since it removes the load from the Archive and its mirror, it'sonly fair to do it this way. Downloading the large zip was a matter ofseconds with it.(I'm afraid this is a very long message. I hope you don't mind.)Unfortunately Stephen failed to provide a proper explanation forwhat BitTorrent is, and neither the mammoth FAQ he linked to, norit seems the alt.bittorrent newsgroup you went to, are good waysto get acquainted.BitTorrent is simply a peer-to-peer technology that helps preventor a least relieve a problem that has plagued the Internet sincethe beginning: flash crowds, such as the thousands of users whosuddenly go to a site because it was linked from a popularweblog, or the tens of thousands of gamers who suddenly start todownload that latest demo for a long awaited megaproduction, orthe hundreds of thousands of people who suddenly start todownload the trailer for the last Lord of the Rings movie, or ofcourse, the hundreds of IF fans who suddenly go to ifcomp.org todownload the latest IFComp games. MOVIE BITTORRENT : While movie studios may have pockets deep enough to pay for thegigantic amount of bandwith necessary to sustain such crowds,most other operations--small companies, non-profit organizationsor individuals--do not. When they get flooded, their web sitesslow down to a crawl, or are simply shut down because theirmonthly bandwidth allocation has been exceeded... by far. This iswhere BitTorrent comes into play: it helps distributors of bigfiles to deal with the flash crowd problem.How does it work? It's very simple. All Internet connections cansend and receive data, but when you surf, you usually downloadmuch more data than you send. This is especially true when youdownload a big file: oftentimes, you go away from the PC, or atleast stop surfing while the download is in progress; during thattime, you send almost no data. This is what BitTorrent uses tohelp distributing files: With BitTorrent, while you download a file, you also send the parts you already have to other users who need them. MOVIE BITTORRENT : here is the letter that someone got from Universal Studios and his ownserver here in the Netherlands, because of using BittorrentRe: Unauthorized Use of Universal Motion PicturesNotice ID: 113687428 Sep 2003 01:17:23 GMTUniversal City Studios Productions LLLP and its affiliated companies(collectively, "Universal") are the exclusive owners of copyrights inmany motion pictures, including the motion pictures listed below.It has come to our attention that @Home Benelux Landgraaf Headendblockis the service provider for the IP address listed below, from whichunauthorized copying and distribution (downloading, uploading, fileserving, file "swapping" or other similar activities) of Universal'smotion picture(s) listed below is taking place. We believe that theInternet access of the user engaging in this infringement is providedby@Home Benelux Landgraaf Headend block or a downstream service providerwho purchases this connectivity from @Home Benelux Landgraaf Headendblock.This unauthorized copying and distribution constitutes copyrightinfringement under applicable national laws and internationaltreaties.Although various legal and equitable remedies may be available toUniversal as a result of such infringement, Universal believes thattheentire Internet community benefits when these matters are resolvedcooperatively. We urge you to take immediate action to stop thisinfringing activity and inform us of the results of your actions. Weappreciate your efforts toward this common goal. MOVIE BITTORRENT : Please be advised that this letter is not and is not intended to be acomplete statement of the facts or law as they may pertain to thismatter or of Universal's positions, rights or remedies, legal orequitable, all of which are specifically reserved.Internet Anti-Piracy Team,Worldwide Anti-Piracy OperationsVIVENDI UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT.100 Universal City PlazaIt is from using eDonkey, not BitTorrent. eDonkey, Kazaa and other P2Pprograms have the problem of having a shared directory full of files. It iseasy to see what is in another person's shared folder and nab them fordistributing copyrighted files. BitTorrent doesn't suffer from this problem.It IS possible to get the IP address of people sharing the file they arecurrently downloading, but it is only available temporarily (while thedownload is in progress) therefore 99% of downloads and uploads would gounnoticed by the "Internet Anti-Piracy Team". Even the ones they do noticewould be difficult to prosecute because when the ISP goes to see if the useris sharing that file, they have most likely finished the download and are inthe clear. Has anyone actually received this email as a result of usingBitTorrent?
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