Friday, March 11, 2005

Legitimate use, open source, keep BitTorrent out of court

The MPAA won't be targetting BitTottent according to Jay Lyman at NewsForge:

"In an interview, MPAA Senior Vice President of Worldwide Anti-piracy Operations John Malcolm said the MPAA has no qualms with BitTorrent as a technology.

"I am totally agnostic about the technology that is involved," Malcolm said. "I view innovations as exciting. While they present some piracy problems, there are tons of opportunities for creative people to put content in peoples' hands at a reasonable price."

Malcolm indicated he was not favorable to BitTorrent over any other technology and added the fact that it is open source has little to do with his organization's approach."

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