BitTorrent usage increases in Europe, following the blockade of The Pirate Bay

When you spend millions advertising a service, its usage increases. What a surprise.

In my experience, most of the people who are serious about torrenting don't use The Pirate Bay anyway and have long since moved to members only trackers (like Demonoid etc).

I'm quite convinced that the raise in BitTorrent usage here is due to the shut down of Megavideo and nothing to do with the Pirate Bay.

What's the purpose of torrent again? Is that the thing people use to steal copyrighted works or are millions of people using it to exchange wedding videos? Torrents are the reason movies and music is so expensive relative to their actual production and distribution costs.