“A new generation of peer-to-peer tools is finding its groove on
the Internet, spelling tougher times ahead for movie studios’
attempts to quell online piracy…”“Another tool, even more focused on distributing large files,
has seen rapid adoption inside the open-source community in the
past few months.“Dubbed BitTorrent, the tool was written by San Francisco
programmer Bram Cohen, again as a way to make the distribution of
large files more efficient. Unlike Napster, Kazaa or eDonkey, the
tool concentrates on distribution rather than search. But what it
lacks in search capabilities, it makes up for in speed, its
supporters say…”
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