Over the weekend, Paul brought to our attention BitTorrent's commitment to circumventing the promise by Comcast to continue to place limitations on the P2P's file-sharing capabilities as it sees fit. This act by Comcast was emphasized by the fact that it has filed a statement in defense of the case brought against it by the FCC a few months back. And in doing so, Comcast did something that could make the company appear even less qualified to make such executive decisions in the regulation of broadband dispersement.
As the P2P blog picked up via Ed Felten's Freedom to Tinker blog, the definition of a BitTorrent as presented by Comcast is in fact one that was used in a speech by a member of Congress. Now, considering the potentially grave outcome of Comcast as a result of the case brought against it by the FCC, and the rather "official" nature of such a case, I can't be entirely surprised that Comcast is looking to Congress for a "respected" definition of what BitTorrent actually does.