Washington - Vuze, a distributor of professionally-produced, HD video content that uses BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-sharing technology, announced on Thursday that it has asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt regulations preventing arbitrary interference by broadband network operators with peer-to-peer traffic on their networks.

Several ISPs have admitted to "throttling" or "shaping" P2P traffic in such a manner; a man in California filed suit against Comcast (NASD: CMCSA) this week over the company's alleged P2P traffic throttling.

"The rapid convergence of the entertainment and Internet industries has enabled the delivery of high-quality video, and these throttling tactics represent growing pains as ISPs resist inevitable change," said Gilles BianRosa, CEO of Vuze.

"We hope our Petition will trigger a public discussion, but we also need the FCC to act. The industry needs transparency into what ISPs are doing and an environment that fosters innovation in online entertainment."

Earlier this month, the FCC also received a similar complaint about ISP P2P throttling from public advocacy groups and legal scholars.

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