Interesting news… It looks some headmaster finally recognized the power of peer to peer applications. Warner Brothers is to become the first Hollywood studio to provide movies on BitTorrent, the popular peer-to-peer platform. From this summer, BitTorrent users will be able to buy Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Corpse Bride and North Country. Older films such as Natural Born Killers, The Matrix or Dog Day Afternoon will also be available. Warner Brothers’ offerings on BitTorrent will be loaded with special digital rights management software, locking the files from being distributed illegally. That means that while BitTorrent will take advantage of users’ bandwidth to redistribute the bits and pieces of the movie files to other paying customers, it will be impossible for users to share files with their friends, unless those friends pay up.
“We have to create a legitimate service that meets consumer expectations or else they’re going to get it elsewhere. BitTorrent has made the leap in creating a legal partnership that respects the value of the intellectual property. This has provided us with a next-generation platform for the distribution of our films and TV programs.”
said Kevin Tsujihara, president of Warner Brothers. “BitTorrent has shown us that they have very good filtering technology. But nothing’s perfect, and we know that.” Good decision guys. Should I make you some special upload account? I’m sure this protection will be cracked anyway as CSS and many others, so it’s your chance 
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