A Russian start-up, Pirate Pay, which is backed by an investment from Microsoft, has developed a technology to stop BitTorrent downloads.
The idea was conceived three years ago when developers realized their traffic management solution could stop BitTorrent traffic if necessary.
“After creating the prototype, we realized we could more generally prevent files from being downloaded, which meant that the program had great promise in combating the spread of pirated content,” says Pirate Pay CEO Andrei Klimenko.
The company was hired by Walt Disney Studios and Sony Pictures to protect the film, “Vysotsky. Thanks to God, I’m alive.” Reportedly, 44,845 transfers of the film were stopped.
“We used a number of servers to make a connection to each and every P2P client that distributed this film. Then Pirate Pay sent specific traffic to confuse these clients about the real IP addresses of other clients and to make them disconnect from each other,” explains Klimenko.
“Whether Pirate Pay is truly different and more effective than any of the other solutions remains to be seen,” reports TorrentFreak. “Even if it’s hugely effective, the scattered nature of BitTorrent makes it practically impossible to stop all infringing downloads of a movie, while the costs may outweigh the ‘losses’ that are prevented.”
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