Rewarding would-be BitTorrent pirates sounds like a strange idea, but a smart one if you look hard.

Read this story on TorrentFreak about a chick who was seeking to download a movie using BitTorrent, didn't find it but got an invite to view it legitimately, offered by Miramax, acting as the forward-thinking right-holder in that particular case.

Actually, Internet piracy is one of the most vivid realms of content lovers. Whether you sanction the behavior is not the point here, I mean people download the stuff they love, or stuff they want to discover. They are hungry for content and as such, Internet piracy is a market that legitimate content publishers must address one way or another.

How to address this market is the main question and one which, when it is answered, will probably restore faith in the content industry and make the Internet the MAIN entertainment media, above television. Don't you think so?