08-04-2006, 01:23 PM
llegent Wrote:!! Holly god! I didn't realize there is indeed some benefits in BitTorrent! Well, having heard all the news about copyright infringement via torrent activities, I was just having the perception that torrent is not good.
So, there are always positive & negative side, all depend on how end-user utilize it...
In any case, I think that P2P networks, such as bittorrent, might be illegal. According to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, tools that MIGHT circumvet copyright mechanisms are illegal (even if they arent used for copyright infringment). A similar law passed a few months ago in france called the DADSVI (I attended a conference on this). I think it is very wrong to block methods to access legitimate data just because someone might use it to share copyrighted music or videos. Imagine baning the use of your 'hands' because you could choke someone with them. lol.
