Why will this be important soon?

Torrents are by far the best method to distribute large amounts of information quickly while not allowing any sort of "authority" the ability to prevent it from being distributed. A torrent, especially when many of the people in the swarm are using VPNs, is impossible to stop unless you simply shut down ALL traffic. The moment you turn the traffic back on the torrent will start back up in a matter of minutes. So unless they are going to turn the internet off and leave it that way for months and months...

Can't stop the signal... :)