Legally Download Television Shows and Movies via BitTorrent
May 9, 2006 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Computers
BitTorrent saved my hide the other day when there was a lengthy power outage during the one and only show I absolutely must see every week. Fortunately for the technology provided by BitTorrent, I was able to download that episode the next day and my wife and I watched it Tuesday night instead.
Hollywood has been at odds with P2P file sharing services like BitTorrent but apparently are coming around. Warner Brothers and BitTorrent have struck a deal that will allow consumers to purchase WB material and download via BitTorrent:
“We’ve been struggling with peer-to-peer technology and trying to figure out a way to harness the good in all that the technology allows us to do,” said Kevin Tsujihara, the president of Warner Brothers Home Entertainment Group.
“If we can convert 5, 10 or 15 percent of the illegal downloaders into consumers of our product, that is significant.”
Via TechMeme
