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The (conservative?) Sunday Times has a great interview with the members of Pirate Bay.

This is best part of the article:

Sailing into the Pirate Bay – how the system works

What is BitTorrent?

BitTorrent is an innovative means of distributing large digital files. Most file-sharing services work on a one-to-one basis. File sharers find the file they want — usually on someone else’s computer — decide to download it, and the file is slowly transferred.

Not so with BitTorrent, which takes data from many computers simultaneously. As a result, pieces of a chosen media file are brought to the home computer from many sources, then reassembled. This technology is so fast and efficient that the BBC has adopted it for distributing its programme archive.

How downloading works

1. First, the movie/video fan downloads BitTorrent software such as Azureus (http://azureus.sourceforge.net), and this sits on the PC desktop to manage downloads.

2. Then the fan heads to the Pirate Bay (www.piratebay.org) and searches for the item wanted.

3. The search results are listed as a “torrent” — a digital signpost telling the PC where to go online to access a chosen film or song.

4. This torrent file is saved to the computer. The BitTorrent software then takes over, at which point downloading begins.

I’m lovin’it!

On another negative note, the torrent site isohunt.com is down mostly likely to the meddling of the evil MPAA (devil) or if that smily doesn’t work then there is