BitTorrent launches legal entertainment network

BitTorrent, the US file-sharing site that Hollywood once tried to close, has launched its legal download entertainment network offering movies from major studios including 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Warner Bros and MGM, as well as TV shows from MTV Networks.

BitTorrent co-founder Ashwin Navin said the network gave users the opportunity to rent content as well as publish and share their own user-generated material. "The BitTorrent Entertainment Network is created by and for the BitTorrent Generation, which has a vast appetite for high-quality, on-demand entertainment.