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BitTorrent creator teams up with Hollywood
News Hollywood studios announced an agreement with Bram Cohen, the creator of the popular BitTorrent file-swapping technology, that will keep him from helping users find pirated copies of movies online. Cohen had launched a service on his Web site last...
[November 23, 2005, 8:10]
BitTorrent - flooding the filesharing space
News The BitTorrent P2P filesharing protocol has been steadily picking up users since its release in 2003, but over the last six months it has really taken off - its creator Bram Cohen claims that BitTorrent accounts for a third of all Internet traffic.
[December 21, 2005, 10:00]
BitTorrent drops its trackers
Talkback Bittorrent is used for a lot more than piracy. I hate it how the small percentage of illegal users make people think Bittorrent is illegal software. Most users of Bittorrent use it for the legitamte purpose of distributing (and recieving) open...
[May 23, 2005, 16:42]
BitTorrent user convicted over movie sharing
News A Hong Kong man has been convicted of copyright infringement for using the BitTorrent service to share firms, in what is believed to be the first case of its kind. Chan Nai-Ming was found guilty of distributing three Hollywood films using...
[October 25, 2005, 14:10]
BitTorrent user jailed for movie sharing
News A Hong Kong citizen has been jailed for three months after sharing three Hollywood movies online over the BitTorrent network, according to reports. Chan Nai-ming is thought to be the first person to be convicted of copyright infringement using the...
[November 7, 2005, 10:50]
BitTorrent moves into hardware
News Three hardware manufacturers will embed file-sharing software BitTorrent into their consumer products. Asus, Planex and QNap will include BitTorrent's peer-to-peer technology in products such as wireless routers, media servers and network storage...
[October 24, 2006, 11:30]
BitTorrent inks studio distribution deal
News BitTorrent, the creator of the file-sharing software that for some has become synonymous with piracy, has struck a landmark distribution deal with a Hollywood studio. Entertainment Group has agreed to use BitTorrent's peer-to-peer system to...
[May 9, 2006, 9:10]
BitTorrent drops its trackers
News Anti-piracy operatives have lost an edge over illegal downloaders of movies and software thanks to a new feature in BitTorrent. BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen has eliminated the need for Web site hosting of centralised files, known as trackers, in...
[May 23, 2005, 9:35]
BitTorrent
Downloads BitTorrent's software client allows you to quickly download high-quality digital content such as video, music, and games. Features include: Dynamic bandwidth management allows you to download content without disrupting web browsing, email, or...
[November 30, 2006, 7:00]
The technology behind BitTorrent means smarter P2P for all
White Papers BitTorrent divides large files into smaller fragments that peer systems can download in any order from the other peers in the network. BitTorrent distributes the cost of downloading and uploading content to the various peers making hosting content...
[May 23, 2006, 1:00]
UK man threatened with BitTorrent lawsuit
News A UK man who runs a Web site that once supported the BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-sharing application is facing the threat of being sued by four major US movie studios. BitTorrent is an innovative and lawful technology and while some visitors to...
[March 18, 2005, 16:35]
Man arrested in BitTorrent probe
Talkback "The company behind BitTorrent, SuprNova.org, was recently attacked by Hollywood companies on a mission to shut down file-sharing companies. Suprnova.org is not the company behind bittorrent, it was simply a website that hosted some bittorrent...
[January 14, 2005, 15:26]
Free-Riding in BitTorrent Networks With the Large View Exploit
White Papers This paper presents an experimental study on the behavior of BitTorrent networks when selfish peers attempt to maintain high download rates without uploading. This paper modifies a BitTorrent client so that it acquires a larger than normal view of...
[May 23, 2007, 1:00]
Man arrested in BitTorrent probe
Talkback SUPRNOVA.org do not and have never owned BitTorrent. It was written by someone else. The sites that ran the trackers are not companies they provide a service and do not make money. PLEASE get your facts right before you report on a story!
[January 14, 2005, 14:13]
Adobe CS4 storms BitTorrent sites
News Little more than a week after its global launch, Adobe's Creative Suite 4 has shown up on popular BitTorrent tracking sites in large numbers. However, several casual searches conducted by ZDNet.com.au revealed what appeared to be copies of CS4 and...
[October 2, 2008, 12:00]
Analytical Model for BitTorrent-Based Live Video Streaming
White Papers This paper provides an analytical model to inform the design of BitTorrent-based live video streaming solutions. Peer-to-peer live video streaming over the Internet has been measured to support over 100,000 concurrent users.
[October 22, 2008, 1:01]
Man arrested in BitTorrent probe
Talkback First, Supnova and Bittorrent are not related any more than bugets and spreadsheets and Bill Gates. Bittorrent existed for two years prior to the arrival of Suprnova. If you are going to report, report the facts, not fiction, compounding that...
[January 14, 2005, 23:37]
Analyzing and Improving BitTorrent Performance
White Papers In recent years, BitTorrent has emerged as a very popular and scalable peer-to-peer file distribution mechanism. Early measurement studies verified that BitTorrent achieves excellent upload utilization, but raised several questions concerning...
[June 9, 2007, 1:00]
Analyzing and Improving a BitTorrent Network's Performance Mechanisms
White Papers In recent years, BitTorrent has emerged as a very scalable peer-to-peer file distribution mechanism. While early measurement and analytical studies have verified BitTorrent's performance, they have also raised questions about various metrics...
[May 24, 2007, 1:00]
Man arrested in BitTorrent probe
Talkback Suprnova is NOT the company behind bittorrent, THERE IS NO company, bram cohen wrote the software and andrzej preston the 17 yr old slovenian set up a website that linked you to torrents all over the internet.he took it down for personal reasons...
[January 15, 2005, 9:24]
