Savvy computer users are already using file-sharing technologies like BitTorrent to download illegal copies of shows.

They want file-sharing technology to go away, refusing to recognize that the Internet itself could be defined as a file-sharing network.

Initially, it was said they could use any file-sharing technology they wanted.

An enhanced version of the service will use peer-to-peer file-sharing technology to get the video data to viewers.

Instead, it is a variation of the peer-to-peer file-sharing technology that is the bane of the music industry.

Sites such as Newzbin2 have become more popular as people keen to get at pirated content move away from better known file-sharing technologies.

The new file-sharing technology has become necessary because of the rapid shift away from minicomputers and mainframe computers to desktop personal computers and work stations.

Skype, arguably Europe's finest success to date, married outlawed file-sharing technology with a real breakthrough in voice quality to create a global leader.

In the spirit of the free file-sharing technology, the concerts will be free and the tickets distributed to the first people to arrive before each show.

Skype, like Kazaa, uses a peer-to-peer file-sharing technology.