BitTorrent is hoping to license movies and TV programmes that could be downloaded for a fee
BitTorrent signs pact with film studios
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24 Nov 2005, Ken Young , V3
File sharing service BitTorrent and Hollywood's major movie studios have reached an agreement in a bid to stop movie piracy using the peer-to-peer service.
BitTorrent founder Bram Cohen has agreed to stop providing links on his website to copyrighted films, and hopes to be able to license movies and TV programmes that could be downloaded for a fee.
It is estimated that the various versions of BitTorrent have been downloaded 45 million times.
BitTorrent now accounts for 33 to 50 per cent of all internet traffic in Asia partly because it increases the speed of file sharing 15 to 20 times over conventional services.
Dan Glickman, chief executive of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), said in a statement to Reuters: "We are glad that Bram Cohen and his company are working with us to limit access to infringing files on the BitTorrent.com website."
The move is being seen as something of an experiment and a thawing of the relations between the two parties, but few expect it to lead to a substantial reduction in illegal copying.
The agreement applies to content owned by the MPAA's seven members, and does not extend to any other search engine capable of listing BitTorrent files.
It also relies on the manual process of MPAA members spotting links to illegal copies of material which they own, and to report the breach to BitTorrent.
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Do you agree?
what a bunch of crap.
what the hell? bit torrent is trying to go legit? LMAO.
why dont these movie morons realize they cant ever stop online file sharing? its like the war on drugs, its a joke. lol @ the mpaa. http://ly2.com redirect service tried to do the same thing before, it didnt work.
Posted by adminaa, 24 Nov 2005
You can't put the genie back in the bottle
Wow------how did they get to this guy?(Mr Cohen) $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
He'll get to cash out, over a matter of time the relationship will die. The movie lackeys will fry a couple of people they catch with Mr Cohens help. Cohen will be hated by millions and someone with a better file sharing app will pick up the torch.
Simple as that,
Just an observer..........
Posted by Bob Dabalama, 26 Nov 2005
I don't understand
Why don't film studios try to put their content on a medium that can not be easily copied. Instead of just trying to sue people for infringing on their easily copied content?
Posted by dspohn, 25 Nov 2005
Ya right.
If you would read and/or check other places, you would see how stupid this is. They are only doing this for the main BitTorrent site, not any others (pirate, torrentspy, ect.) and the MPAA has to find to files and tell BitTorrent. So it is pretty much a way to make it seem like BitTorrent isn't just for illegal file sharing.
Posted by Mello, 26 Nov 2005
bla
havent heaps of online companys already tryed legit movie sharing though bittorrent?
Posted by frank, 26 Nov 2005
WTF
Ok so let me get this straight the MPAA wants Bram Cohan to stop putting links to copyrighted films on his site and yet they pirate a movie... oh wait I get it... if you have money you are allowed to break the law but if you don't have enough money to buy the movie so you download it they sue you for thousands... this is bullshit
Posted by Entropy, 02 Feb 2006