martinibuster - 6:18 pm on May 25, 2005 (gmt 0)

According to The Street.com [thestreet.com],

AskJeeves is working with peer-to-peer software company BitTorrent to place sponsored links on a new search engine that BitTorrent is about to launch...BitTorrent developed a peer-to-peer technology that, like Kazaa... enabled file-sharing... that the music and film industries have insisted are illegal to download for free.

• Is this a desperate move to gain street credibility?
• Do the suits in Oakland think this will gain them some "cool" points with the people who are downloading illegal bootlegs?
• Will they be distributing Google AdWords on BitTorrent's new Search Engine?