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What would really help torrenting would be to build it into browsers as an alternative http(s) transport for large files (instead of/to augment CDNs). If Warner and Sony found themselves automatically torrenting their content and their bandwidth bills falling would they change their attitude?



I'm quite sure it would not at all change their position on torrenting copyrighted works without permission.


I definitely agree with that, but they have pushed a narrative that "torrenting is inherently bad and should be blocked by ISPs/firewalls/etc" which means it's hard to use as a transport for software updates, video delivery and the like.




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