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A friend asked me to explain using BitTorrent, and like a lemming, here I go. ...

BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer (P2P) protocol which allows computer files to be shared anonymously between computers connected to the Internet. Its anonymous nature, and ability to handle really large files, has made it synonymous with file piracy. True, but all digital distribution channels have been, in their turn, exploited for file sharing/piracy, going back to before Bulletin Board Systems. I say it's the nature of the files which encourage sharing and piracy; digital files make nonsense of "ownership" because they can be given away, and kept at the same time.