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BitTorrent Begins Selling Hollywood Movies Online

BitTorrent Begins Selling Hollywood Movies OnlineMonday, February 26, 2007PrintLOS ANGELES —  BitTorrent Inc.

, makers of a technology often used to trade pirated copies of Hollywood movies, is launching a Web site that will sell downloads of films and TV shows licensed from the studios.The BitTorrent Entertainment Network was set to launch Monday with films from Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Lionsgate ( LGF ) and episodes of TV shows such as "24" and "Punk'd."The service is squarely aimed at young men and boys who regularly use BitTorrent to trade pirated versions of the same films and who more often watch such files on their computer instead of on a big screen TV in the living room.• Click here for FOXNews.com's Personal Technology Center.The San Francisco-based company is betting that at least one-third of the 135 million people who have downloaded the BitTorrent software will be willing to pay for high-quality legitimate content rather t...

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