It’s pretty well established that torrent files can be used for downloading pirated music, movies, games, and more. But, the company BitTorrent wants it to be known that it has nothing to do with such ...

True, but this is primarily done using the blocking of popular P2P ports. These port numbers are easily changeable from within a BitTorrent client. Since many apps use obscure ports, ISPs are unable ...

Mention BitTorrent and people mistakenly assume that you’re talking about piracy. “We have this problem because there were so many piracy sites that used it that BitTorrent become a verb, to ...

Today, BitTorrent announced the BitTorrent Bundle, a new kind of torrent format that not only includes free content, but also acts as a gateway to additional material, offering creators a chance to ...

It’s a turbulent time in the world of content distribution. Despite a successful protest against overly restrictive anti-piracy legislation, law enforcement has demonstrated its already considerable ...

BitTorrent’s strong support for an open internet is a defining characteristic of the company. Its vision of a “distributed” internet where users retain more control over their data and personal ...

In December, BitTorrent Inc. announced its plan to radically change how we use the Internet with Project Maelstrom, a browser that retrieves web content from peer-to-peer-distributed torrents instead ...

BitTorrent the company is all-but inextricable from its namesake -- a piracy-enabling file transfer technology that debuted in the early aughts. Can it escape? By Alex Pham Among the (many) oddities ...

Chances are, most people still think of BitTorrent as a tool to pirate the latest Game of Thrones episode — but for several years now, the company has been using its peer-to-peer internet technology ...

If you haven’t been paying attention to BitTorrent over the last few years and still equate the company with piracy, its plan to become a legitimate media company may come as a surprise. But ...