Will BT die ?

[orfik]

I believe ISPs are overjoyed by BitTorrent users that wil gladly pay 5 times the amount for a faster line. They are just afraid to show it... ad then there are companies like Comcast that take advantage of it and that way save money on linerental.

Think about this in a regular business sense. Wouldn't you like it if a large part of your costumers bought 5 of each instead of 1?

As for BitTorrent survival, I would guess that in 5 years it's obsolete and replaced by other methods. Maybe built on the principal but it won't be BitTorrent as we know it today.

The same Comcast that was caught aggressively throttling BT traffic? They seem overjoyed.

[blackbird]

BT wont just die .. maybe something better will evolve from BT , a better anonymous BT ?

usenet is here from the 1980's . did it die ? no . its just getting better

i hope the same for BT

[tusks]

BT will last but 10 years tops. I won't be that sad if it dies either, it will just be a shame because I spent a lot of time finding good trackers since I have almost no friends who belong to any note worthy sites. The battles we're seeing right now, between these huge anti-piracy organizations and the end user and trackers will not disappear even if we move on to another protocol. Those dirty bastards will follow pirates to the ends of the earth, trying to destroy the scene and trying to stop the spread of warez. But I'm confident that even when BT dies, most of us are smart enough to move on and not dwell on the past.

[orfik]

That's the spirit. The death of BT will herald the advent of a superior protocol (unless it happens to coincide with the end of the internet / world).

I'm curious to see how the RIAA, MPAA, and those organizations dedicated specifically to online piracy evolve in the next five years. So far their methods are pitifully inelegant and ineffective. They need to realize they're dealing with a collective of citizens, not an organized crime ring.

[hijump]

never !!!

[Ænima]

collective of citizens, not an organized crime ring.

Eh... a collective of citizens can also be an organized crime ring. Call it white collar crime.

I am sure many pot heads and crack addicts think drugs should be legalized, after all.

[orfik]

Right, and look at how effective the war on drugs has been. A government can't faction itself against its citizens, and a commercial industry can't faction itself against the consumer. It won't work, especially not with the internet.

[B3hAnch00d]

5-10 years

[Patriot foreve]

5-10 years ,Guess the community will destroy itself from inside along with the current pressure by anti-piracy groups made on isps and server providers to cease bt traffic

[ranran1234]

absolutly...i think even less than 5 years or even if it wont die something better will 100% come....