Via Tom Lee, I learn that
Pirate Bay is responsible for
half of all BitTorrent traffic. I suspect that this isn't helpful in convincing anyone that BitTorrent technology has substantial non-infringing uses (though it certainly does), or -- perhaps more importantly -- that the entire "piracy" conceptualization of copyright infringement is badly flawed.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/07/ip-fact-of-the-day/43016/