That graph is somewhat misleading. P2P clients use randomised port numbers now. By contrast, P2P downloads arrive in random chunks, making it hard to know when

That graph is somewhat misleading. P2P clients use randomised port numbers now. By contrast, P2P downloads arrive in random chunks, making it hard to know when a download will finish — which is when it’s actually possible to start watching anything downloaded. When software appears like that chinese football streaming software with "click and watch p2p", then there will be some serious headaches in the movie/tv industry. Hopefully, hulu and the likes will have taken up that space by then.