"All the monitors observed during the study would connect to file-sharers and verify that they were running the BitTorrent software, but they would not actually collect any of the files being shared, " he said.

BBC: BitTorrent study finds most file-sharers are monitored

The Motion Picture Association of America is already working on its own economic study of the harmful effects of file sharing, to be completed this autumn.

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The study also revealed that so-called blocklists, used by some illegal file-sharers to prevent monitors from connecting to their computers, might not be much use.

BBC: BitTorrent study finds most file-sharers are monitored

Yet, according to a study by Elizabeth Warren of Harvard Law School, there is no evidence that most people who file for bankruptcy are taking advantage of the system.

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Millennium had faced some skepticism when it said it would file for FDA approval a year ahead of its original schedule, before a larger clinical study could be completed.

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But the results were not good enough for Dendreon to file with the Food and Drug Administration, and they could stoke investor fears that the study might not be big enough to prove Provenge is effective--even if the drug really does save lives.

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