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The other day I complained about a television station unlawfully detaining me on their channel through nefarious means, and declared my intention to bypass their chains and shackles at the first available opportunity.

BitTorrent, a downloading service better known for film piracy, has struck some deals whereby they will offer legal, paid downloads of movies, TV shows and more.

In May last year, Warner Bros. agreed to sell movies and TV shows using the BitTorrent software, and Monday’s announcement is the culmination of months of planning by BitTorrent to enter the market for legal downloads.

I know iTunes is already doing pretty well on this front, but competition works. Also, that TV content isn’t available in the Australian iTunes store. The only visual content currently available is music videos and eight Pixar short films.