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BitTorrent Use Up 24% Since November

Posted by Soulskill on from the not-what-they-wanted-to-hear dept.

dingalig writes "It looks as though the MPAA's fight against The Pirate Bay and other BitTorrent sites isn't going very well. Ars Technica reports that BitTorrent traffic is up by 24% since before the holidays. 'BitTorrent traffic spiked over the December holidays. After a peaking at almost 12.5 million downloaders on the 200 most popular files, traffic dropped at the beginning of January — about the time that school started up again. But one figure that will prove alarming to the content creation industry is that the numbers are higher now than they used to be. "The baseline has been elevated," notes [BigChampagne CEO Eric] Garland. "Not only did the spike happen, but the bar was raised."'"

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  1. Re:WGA Strike? by Mordok-DestroyerOfWo · · Score: 5, Funny

    I only download for the articles...

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  2. Like churchill said by Cryacin · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't trust any statistic that I didn't make up myself.

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  3. Re:Mainstream now... by somersault · · Score: 4, Funny

    So you're saying that this could be the year of BitTorrent on the desktop?

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    which is totally what she said
  4. Sorry, everyone! by rubicon7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll throttle my client back a bit.

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  5. there you have it - a victim by commodoresloat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Lately I've been downloading Gilligan's Island. You should be ashamed of yourself. If it wasn't for your downloading, Mary Ann from Gilligan's Island would never have turned to drugs. Thanks to you and your ilk, she was busted smoking pot in her car, no doubt contemplating how illegal downloading has destroyed her life.
  6. Re:WGA Strike? by Digestromath · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes... 700mb .avi articles about "Teenage Lesbians" and thier "Raunchy Shenanigans Vol.11." Must be a fantastic read judging from the abstract.

  7. Mandriva Spring Edition must be popular by flyingfsck · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, obviously lots of people must be downloading the latest Mandriva Linux...

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  8. Re:WGA Strike? by mutube · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes... 700mb .avi articles about "Teenage Lesbians" and thier "Raunchy Shenanigans Vol.11." Must be a fantastic read judging from the abstract.

    Link please.
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