Research on BitTorrent — It Ain’t Dead Yet (hardly)
Monkeymethods.org has published a fascinating report on BitTorrent that looks at the distribution of content and download power, in light of the recent legal attacks on the network. The report notes that a small number of sites are responsible for the majority of download bandwidth. Nevertheless, the network has been quite resistant to the current attacks to shut it down.
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