NBC Universal patents a method to detect BitTorrent pirates in real-time
The patentdescribes P2P in general as something that can be positive, but is often abused. While the P2P infrastructure has many advantages, it also has led to abuses. Piracy of digital assets on peer-to-peer networks incurs losses by content owners estimated in billions of dollars annually. The high volume traffic produced by BitTorrent pirates also poses a problem for ISPs. Pirates tend to strain the internet, which can become costly in terms of resources, the patent explains....