There's a pretty decent piece in this months Walrus magazine about Bit Torrent. Called the "grand larceny" of online theft by some, the author defends it heavily with the "evolve or dissolve" argument. Either the industry will adapt, or it'll get left behind.

Seems BT has some bigger enemies than Napster ever did though, I didn't know you could download entire movies and TV shows right after their release/airing, and apparently Hollywood 'aint to pleased about that. A good read.

The same issue disscusses the US army's use of video games to recruit soldiers, and the creepy admission that they've developed a chip that when implanted into a monkey's brain, allows the primate to control a robot 100km's away with it's thoughts... I'm just thrilled I can burn my own CD's.

Stephen Dame wrote:I didn't know you could download entire movies and TV shows right after their release/airing, and apparently Hollywood 'aint to pleased about that. A good read.

This is exactly what happened when the MPAA started suing individuals in similar fashion to the RIAA. It made the public more aware of what is available on the internet, and has increased the amount of users trading files to higher levels.