Because a filewaswritten and read according todefinitionswithin the programcode, there was noexternaldatadefinition, making data sharingdifficultandAD hocreportingimpossible.
"It's becoming more difficult for file-sharing sites to operate without getting into trouble both from the authorities and also lawsuits from copyright owners, " Ernesto Van Der Sar, editor of TorrentFreak told the BBC.
Even with a broadband connection and a sophisticated file-sharing schema like BitTorrent, illegally downloading and swapping movies is far more difficult than trading songs.