Microsoft-Funded Startup Aims To Kill BitTorrent Traffic

Posted by timothy on Sunday May 13, 2012 @07:30AM from the momma-said-knock-you-out dept.

TheGift73 writes "The Russian based 'Pirate Pay' startup is promising the entertainment industry a pirate-free future. With help from Microsoft, the developers have built a system that claims to track and shut down the distribution of copyrighted works on BitTorrent. Their first project, carried out in collaboration with Walt Disney Studios and Sony Pictures, successfully stopped tens of thousands of downloads. Hollywood, software giants and the major music labels see BitTorrent as one of the largest threats to their business. Billions in revenue are lost each year, they claim. But not for long if the Russian based startup 'Pirate Pay' has its way. The company has developed a technology which allows them to attack existing BitTorrent swarms, making it impossible for people to share files."

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Interesting technology by objective-c · 2012-05-13 07:31 · Score: -1, Troll

This is certainly interesting technology and Microsoft must see lots of potential in it. Good for them, as casual piracy really is hurting the industry. It wouldn't be so bad if it went back to the BBS secret ages, but now everyone is pirating.
Re:This is how Peerblock comes in handy by Jane+Q.+Public · 2012-05-13 08:11 · Score: -1, Troll

"Never ever again have problem with companies like Mediadefender or PiratePay and their ilk."
PeerBlock is probably great for all the Neanderthals who still use Windows. It isn't available to anybody else.