Hollywood Buddies up with Bram Cohen 205
brajesh writes "According to an AP story at Yahoo News, Hollywood studios announced an agreement with Bram Cohen, the creator of the popular BitTorrent file-swapping technology, that will keep him from helping users find pirated copies of movies online. The agreement requires BitTorrent to remove Web links leading to illegal content owned by the seven studios that are members of the MPAA. The agreement is a major breakthrough in MPAA's anti-piracy efforts. BitTorrent has been one of the major targets[.doc] of MPAA's anti-piracy tirade. However, Cohen's engine is far from the only tool used to find pirated BitTorrent files online. A handful of other online engines can search BitTorrent-specific sites, and ordinary search engines can also be used to find BitTorrent files."
OK, who else saw this... (Score:5, Funny)
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BitTorrent: The Movie
Irrelevant. Mostly.... (Score:5, Funny)
Still, it keeps Cohen in their good books (I'm not against someone making money!) and if it means the studios think they've made headway and so back off a bit it's a good thing all round.
So everyone just smile an nod, kay? Whatever you do, don't tell them most people now just burn copies of movies...
Re:total perfection not always needed (Score:5, Funny)
Ssshhhh! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:As if this really makes a difference..... (Score:1, Funny)
This actually makes sense, if you hate horses as much as the MPAA hates good movies.
8.75 Million in Venture Capital? (Score:5, Funny)
I can't believe I'm eating IMITATION Kraft Dinner because I gave to this guy.
Hey at last I can make money (Score:2, Funny)
Re:total perfection not always needed (Score:5, Funny)
The first 80% of the problem takes 80% of the time. The final 20% of the problem takes the other 80% of the time.
Re:total perfection not always needed (Score:5, Funny)
Not for long now though you insensitive clod!