# What's up with BitTorrent?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-bittorrent/548121>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 26, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-bittorrent/548121 "2010-07-26T23:52:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![BrightNShiny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@BrightNShiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightNShiny)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-bittorrent/548121/1 "2010-07-26T23:52:01Z")

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I’m curious as to what’s going on with the BitTorrent company? I checked their website, and it looks like they haven’t had a new press release posted since September 2008. That’s almost 20 months which seems odd for a company like this. I also did some Google searches, but all I can find are articles about copyright infringement suits against BitTorrent hosters. Anyway know what’s going on with the company itself? Thanks for your help.

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**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-bittorrent/548121/2 "2010-07-26T23:57:05Z")

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Their [blog](http://blog.bittorrent.com/) suggests that they are still around and growing.

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**Author:** ![BrightNShiny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@BrightNShiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightNShiny)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-bittorrent/548121/3 "2010-07-27T00:29:34Z")

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Thanks. That helps a lot.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-bittorrent/548121/4 "2010-07-27T00:36:43Z")

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Article on [ArsTechnica](http://arstechnica.com/)-[Only 0.3% of files on BitTorrent confirmed to be legal](http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/07/only-03-of-files-on-bit-torrent-confirmed-to-be-legal.ars)

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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-bittorrent/548121/5 "2010-07-27T00:38:37Z")

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I wish my favorite Bittorrent client Azureus/Vuze would add the Streamtorrent protocol, if only to get a Streamtorrent client on all platforms.

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**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-bittorrent/548121/6 "2010-07-27T04:41:56Z")

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> [@runner pat](#):
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> Article on [ArsTechnica](http://arstechnica.com/)-[Only 0.3% of files on BitTorrent confirmed to be legal](http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/07/only-03-of-files-on-bit-torrent-confirmed-to-be-legal.ars)

Of course, the methodology (and thus results) is suspected to be [(very) flawed](http://torrentfreak.com/tech-news-sites-tout-misleading-bittorrent-piracy-study-100724/).

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-bittorrent/548121/7 "2010-07-27T05:21:12Z")

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