Yahoo! discovers BitTorrent

Because everyone in this blogosphere is captivated by BT and because I  have not found much else that is blogworthy here, I bring you some interesting information on everyone's favorite mass distribution tool.   This story on p2pnet.net discusses the Yahoo article and adds some of its own analysis.  From the Yahoo! article:

Even as lawsuits from music companies have driven people away from peer-to-peer programs like KaZaa, BitTorrent has thus far avoided the ire of groups such as the Motion Picture Association of America. But as BitTorrent's popularity grows, the service could become a target for copyright lawsuits.

 

According to British Web analysis firm CacheLogic, BitTorrent accounts for an astounding 35 percent of all the traffic on the Internet -- more than all other peer-to-peer programs combined -- and dwarfs mainstream traffic like Web pages.

 

Some more interesting things of note from both of the articles are the continued assertions from the authors that BT is not annonymous and the MPAA and RIAA are out to get you.  What does p2p.net have to say about it all? They turn around and hype a new technology, Roti a tool based on the idealogy of BT with the security and annonymity that users demand.  Looks like the next wave of P2P is already being born and it doesn't look like it will ever be stopped.

Comments

[larytet]

this is Rodi, not Roti
thanks for the link.
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thanks again, arkady