A report from Reuters last week notes BitTorrent's supposed use of 35% of all Internet traffic. Arstechnica cites a quote from the Reuters's piece in referring to the attention that BitTorrent is getting from the MPAA:

John Malcolm, director of worldwide anti-piracy operations for the MPAA, said that his group is well aware of the vast amounts of copyrighted material being traded via BitTorrent.

"It's a very efficient delivery system for large files, and it's being used and abused by a hell of a lot of people," he told Reuters. "We're studying our options, as we do with all new technologies which are abused by people to engage in theft."

Given that BitTorrent is also a model for legitmate uses of P2P, will the MPAA and RIAA be able to attack BitTorrent in the way that they have previous file sharing services?