An article from Yahoo/WashingtonPost suggests that Bittorrent, the popular P2P software program, might be too hard to squash because of how it is legally used.
“BitTorrent is different. This free, open-source program offers a spyware- and nuisance-free installation. And while it is certainly handy for downloading movies and other copyrighted material for free, it’s also increasingly used to distribute software and entertainment legally.
This makes BitTorrent (www.bittorrent.com) not only a fascinating test case for legal experts, but it also looks a lot like the logical fusion of peer-to-peer file-sharing and traditional downloading. It’s too robust to stamp out with lawsuits, but too effective not to adopt for commercial use.”
Read more at Yahoo! News
Found VIA Anandtech
