Reminder: Azureus Runs on OS X, too

Hackaday today discusses the twin evils of the RIAA and the MPAA, focusing on the way they are attempting to undermine P2P networks on the Internet by targeting tracker sites that host the .torrent files. The good news: there's something called distributed tracking that means you no longer have to depend on a tracker site to host your .torrent file, and Azureus supports the protocol. Also, java-based Azureus runs on Mac OS X.

Now, for all of you who are growing uncomfortable in your tweed jackets, mumbling to yourselves and coughing dusky smoke from your pipe, about to protest, "But, C.K., you've gone too far! This is illegal and wrong!," I ask that you pay attention to one really good thing that this distributed tracking means for law-abiding citizens. As Eliot at Hackaday points out, "I think this system will be great for people publishing their original works since they wont have to provide lots of bandwidth or rely on someones flakey tracker." So now if your podcast or vlog suddenly gets Slash-dotted or just becomes very popular you can use bittorrent sans tracker to eliminate some of the bandwidth costs.