This is a far cry from the Internet of eight years ago, where slow dialup connections dominated and online software piracy was hidden away  It occurs to me that I haven't yet managed to see the movie " There Will Be Blood " T, it's a dramatic film, the type I usually love, and up for several nominations at this years Oscar awards in the USA. Unfortunately household bills take priority over visits to the cinema and I've found myself pondering over how easy it would be to locate and download the same film online without paying. Turns out it's very easy, perhaps too easy. In fact most of the time you're just a search engine phrase away from locating thousands upon thousands of illegally downloadable BitTorrent ( P2P, Peer-2-Peer File Sharing program) film copies: Fig.1 - Example of P2P torrent download files The ease at which this can be done is shocking but what would really happen if I chose to continue and pursue the download? Sure it's breaking the law, no ifs and definitely no buts, it is illegal -- the end, but could anybody catch me doing it? The sad answer, especially if you're a copyright holder, is probably not. It is a shocking but not unexpected conclusion and has been responsible for driving a deep wedge of disagreement between the music industry and Internet service providers. Now, thanks to government support, the industry appears to be getting its way. ISPreview investigates whether or not the recent