One possible way, the Cohen/MPAA collaboration could affect basic bit torrent is with ISP filtering. There are ISPs in Canada (and probably under the radar in the US) who are throttling torrent traffic. If the new Cohen/MPAA bit torrent protocol has some functionality which distinguishes it'self from the BT we currently use, it'll be easier to filter activities. But as consumers we can drop ISPs which do this. Only time will tell, but there's nothing to get too excited about yet, except getting more content easily, which is a good thing.

I've been wondering what are the possibilities of LucasFilm having an in-demand channel. Everything we're up to here could end up on a system like that.
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