BleepingComputer.com: BitTorrent file-swapping networks face crisis

<img src='/images/misc/bittorrent_logo.png' style='float:right' vspace='8' hspace='8'> <b>BitTorrent "hubs" that publish lists of movies, TV shows and other free downloads suddenly went dark this weekend, in a major victory for Hollywood that highlights vulnerabilities in technology behind the world's busiest peer-to-peer network...</b><br /><br />Published: December 20, 2004, 12:52 PM PST By John Borland Staff Writer, CNET News.com<br /> <br /> The disappearance of the big sites is unlikely to eliminate BitTorrent swapping altogether, but it does bring to a close an era of operating in the open without fear of legal Reprisals...<br /> <br /> <br /><br /> <div class='newslinks'><img src='http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/public/style_images/1/cs_page.gif'>&nbsp;<b>Link: <a href='http://news.com.com/BitTorrent+file-swapping+networks+face+crisis/2100-1025_3-5498326.html?tag=nefd.lede target='_blank'><font color='red'>More details</font></a><br /><img src='http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/style_images/1/cs_page.gif'>&nbsp;<b>Link: <a href='http://www.dehavilland.co.uk/webhost.asp?wci=default&wcp=EntertainmentStoryPage&ItemID=7368366&ServiceID=8&filterid=345221&searchid=234672&category=1 target='_blank'><font color='red'>Studio pressure shuts down movie websites</font></a><br />