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Warner Bros. to Make Films Available via Internet

Ideally, once a particular movie has been "seeded" on the system, Warner Bros. estimates a download could take as little as 10 minutes. TV shows could take even less time to download because the files are much smaller.

Warner Bros will become the first major studio to distribute its films and TV shows over the Internet using peer-to-peer technology developed by BitTorrent, the home of a popular tool for trading pirated copies of movies.

The companies did not specify a date but said the service will be offered starting this summer. Pricing is also undetermined, although individual TV shows could be priced as low as US$1 and movies will be sold for about the price of buying a DVD, BitTorrent said.