BitTorrent Inc., the San Francisco developer of the world’s most popular tool for online piracy, has been trying for years to persuade studios, labels and other content owners to put torrent-sharing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BitTorrentis the synonymous torrent client of the BitTorrent protocol. This protocol is the world’s largest peer-to-peer file sharing system used by millions. Sharing files over it is known as ...

If you've spent any time on the internet since the early 2000s, you've probably heard of BitTorrent, the popular file-sharing tool used for movies, programs, and other large chunks of data. But ...

Vitalik Buterin compares Ethereum to BitTorrent and Linux, outlining a vision for scalable, trustless infrastructure with ...

BitTorrent is taking the wraps off the next phase of its strategy to turn its peer-to-peer file sharing network into a revenue-generating business, and compete more squarely against cloud-based ...

The BitTorrent protocol has downloaders help send the file to other downloaders, reducing the burden on the original owner. This usually results in all participants downloading the file faster. The ...

No court has found the BitTorrent protocol inherently unlawful. But using BitTorrent to trade copyright-protected files will likely put you on the wrong side of the law. A Princeton study published ...

The creators of the BitTorrent file-swapping application will soon begin cracking down on how other software developers use the BitTorrent name, company President Ashwin Navin said Monday.