Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group will be distributing movies and television programs via an agreement with BitTorrent Inc., marking the first time a major studio has embraced open peer-to-peer technology. The groundbreaking deal also indicates how far BitTorrent has come from its roots as the once-favorite home of online pirates.Kevin Tsujihara, president of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, said the content will include movies and television programs for video-on-demand as well as sell-through day-and-date with their DVD release."BitTorrent has made the leap in creating a legal partnership that respects the value of the intellectual property," Tsujihara said. "This has provided us with a next-generation platform for the distribution of our films and TV programs."

(We told ya...if you can't beat 'em, you better join them. Now if only the music biz would catch up...-mister X)