Were you aware that the RIAA/MPAA buys petroleum jelley in bulk at Cosco?

Ok, so the technology may be used to distribute copywritten materials - but that is not what it was designed for. Right? BitTorrent was just meant to make distribution of large amounts of data across the internet easier. Right? What is shared using the technology is entirely up to the users, and if the user choose to engage in "legally ambiguous" acts, which they would NEVER do, then they do so of their own accord and will eventually have to atone for their sins and face St. Peter at the pearly gates and explain themselves...or bribe him with a burned collection of discs comprising all six seasons of Scrubs.

Wikipedia breaks down BitTorrent.

BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer (P2P) communications protocol for file sharing. The protocol was designed in April 2001, implemented and first released July 2, 2001[1] by programmer Bram Cohen, and is now maintained by BitTorrent, Inc.

BitTorrent is a method of distributing large amounts of data widely without the original distributor incurring the entire costs of hardware, hosting and bandwidth resources. Instead, when data is distributed using the BitTorrent protocol, recipients each supply data to newer recipients, reducing the cost and burden on any given individual source, providing redundancy against system problems, and reducing dependence upon the original distributor.

A fascinating and fantastic technology to be sure, and if you're weren't happy using it all the time to distribute authorized business-related materials, you might consider tweaking it for acquiring various media. If you did decided to pursue this course you might require a few tips or how-to's to optimize your experience. Maybe.

9 BitTorrent how-to's. [Torrent Freak]