BitTorrent More than Just a Tool for Pirates

I was listening to Dave Slusher's BitTorrent is his primary means of distributing the podcast. Slusher uses BitTorrent primarily because it's fast and that's useful to his listeners. But he also said he uses BitTorrent to make a point: The file sharing utility isn't just a tool for the illegal distribution of copyrighted material. The motion picture industry is anxious to kill BitTorrent because it is the utility of choice for sending large multimedia files like pirated movies. Slusher believes that killing BitTorrent will also end the ability for people like him, who are sending perfectly legitimate files, to tap into the amazing delivery speeds BitTorrent offers. I was reminded of Slusher's off-handed remark this morning while reading DiggThis | Shel Holtz is principal of a shel of my former self