Brahm Cohen and Aswin Navin, developers of the BitTorrent protocol, not only revolutionized file sharing technology but brought about ease and cost effectiveness to P2P as well. Many organizations have turned to BitTorrent to circulate their licensed and personal material as well. Thanks to the effectiveness of this technology, we are able to download all the content we need at a much faster pace.

The issue of legality has always cropped up as far as P2Ps are concerned. However, BitTorrent is an effective policeman when it comes to legal issues. There are a number of shareware and freeware that are perfectly legal and not subject to any copyright infringements. However, users ought to take extra precautions not to download movies and music that may distributed illegally.

It is easy to distinguish files with or without authorization on a BitTorrent network. You can check on the author’s or distributor’s website to confirm whether it is a free file or only to be used commercially.

BitTorrent is all about sharing so you ought to stick to those principles if you want to enjoy the best of movies, music, games and more. The practice of not sharing is frowned upon by the community, so make sure you become a ‘friendly’ file sharer.

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