BITTORRENT GOES LEGIT

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	Having determined that some of the most flagrant movie piracy occurs on college campuses, the (more)
	STUDIOS MAY MAKE PEACE WITH FILE-SHARING SITES Nov 23 2005
	Hollywood, which has been waging a costly but thus far unproductive war against file-sharing sites, (more)
	BITTORRENT WEBSITES CALL IT A DAY Dec 21 2004
	Rather than face a costly legal battle with the major film studios, several websites that (more)

BITTORRENT GOES LEGIT
Wednesday, November 29 2006

Paramount, Lionsgate and 20th Century Fox are expected to join Warner Bros. in providing movies over the Internet via BitTorrent, the video web service that they once universally scorned, the Los Angeles Times Times reported today (Wednesday). As part of the deal, BitTorrent has agreed to use filtering software to prevent pirated content from going out over its service. However, the newspaper indicated, analysts generally believe that the switch-over from an outlet for pirated versions of movies to one where users must pay a fee to receive them is likely to fail; it noted that similar Internet-based movie-download services are struggling. Josh Bernoff, an analyst with Forrester Research, told the Times: "The problem is consumers are not convinced that paying for and downloading video is worth it. ... The other problem is it doesn't end up on the TV set. The mechanisms that do get it to the TV, like DVD burning, are not quite what they need to be." Meanwhile, Wal-Mart on Tuesday launched a new service that allows anyone who buys a DVD copy of certain features to download a copy of it onto their computer or portable digital device. The additional charge will be $2-4 dollars.

HONG KONG JUDGE TIGHTENS UP ON CENSORHIP
Wednesday, May 10 2006
Three Hong Kong film companies have obtained a court order demanding that four of the island's Internet service providers identify 49 customers suspected of using the BitTorrent file-sharing site to download movies. Hong Kong news reports said that the move represents the first time that local filmmakers had joined in taking legal action against movie pirates. The ISPs have 21 days in which to provide the names, mailing addresses and IP addresses of the alleged (more)

WARNER MAKES PEACE WITH FILE-SHARING SITE
Tuesday, May 9 2006
Using a good old if-you-can't-beat-'em-join-'em strategy, Warner Bros. announced Monday that it will use BitTorrent's file-sharing technology to sell and rent its movies and TV shows online. Today's (Tuesday) Daily Variety speculated that other major studios are likely to follow suit. In an interview with the trade publication, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group president Kevin Tsujihara remarked that BitTorrent now faces "a challenge of converting their users who are used to getting product for free (more)