Growing Streaming Video Competition Seen Driving Piracy Rebound

BitTorrent traffic is rising, with the fragmented streaming video market seemingly a major cause, BroadbandGenie blogged Friday. It said increased streaming services with exclusive content are driving some to "cheaper and easier" piracy rather than paying multiple subscriptions. It said rather than being spurred by price, some are prompted by the need to use multiple interfaces and difficulty of finding particular content: Streaming services could retain some subscribers who might otherwise turn to piracy through use of a unified interface.