[paulddraper]

> You can't play a torrented file until the download is 100% complete.

That's just not true.

I've used uTorrent, and I recall deciding whether I wanted to stream or not. It worked well too.

[afiori]

This is addressed as "abusing the protocol"

[paulddraper]

And given that most popular clients allow you to, this because worthy of the "95% theoretical problem" title.

[m-p-3]

How is it abusing the protocol if it allows you to do it?