New Podcast available: Saper Law attorneys explain how BitTorrent Copyright Lawsuits work

As explained in our earlier articles, certain pornographic and mainstream movie studios are going after individuals who use BitTorrent to share and download copyrighted files.   During January’s Seminar at Saper Law, Saper Law attorneys explained how BitTorrent technology works and discussed the controversial legal mechanisms used by copyright Plaintiffs to go after alleged file sharers.  

Click Here To Listen to Saper Law’s BitTorrent and Copyright Law Presentation

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What Is BitTorrent?
BitTorrent is the global standard for delivering high-quality files over the Internet. With an installed base of over 160 million clients worldwide, BitTorrent technology has turned conventional distribution economics on its head. The more popular a large video, audio or software file, the faster and cheaper it can be transferred with BitTorrent. The result is a better digital entertainment experience for everyone.

BitTorrent is a protocol (a set of rules and description of how to do things) allowing you to download files quickly by allowing people downloading the file to upload (distribute) parts of it at the same time. BitTorrent is often used for distribution of very large files, very popular files and files available for free, as it is a lot cheaper, faster and more efficient to distribute files using BitTorrent than a regular download.

BitTorrent 6 is a client. A ‘client’ in this case is a computer program that follows the rules of a protocol. For example, HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) is the protocol used to download web pages and other content – like this page – and your HTTP client (or browser) is the program you use to get those web pages. Some popular browsers include Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, and Opera. To an extent, they all work the same way because they follow the same set of rules. The BitTorrent 6 client will give you access to the world of content on the protocol in a lightweight, fast and reliable package.