That's a complicated question when you consider the scheme of things,
particularly the disingenuous game MSFT plays with information on this Beta
toward the public.
They keep all the chats, and Live Meetings private although some sites and
MSFT bloggers post selected chats, and they put out a product manual that is
a superficial cheerleading piece of crap with no substantive information on
most of Vista. Why shouldn't people access torrents for things like a Beta?
I don't know if you've seen the NY Times article lately (last week) but
Torrent technology is going to be mainstream and fully legal as a more
efficient way of distributing software, and many startups have money in it
to the tune of 26 million bucks in the Silicon Valley area of California.
If I find the article, I'll post it.
CH