What is file sharing? File sharing is the practice or ability to share digital information of various content files from a computer to another over a network or the Internet. It is the private or public distribution of data in a network with different levels of sharing privileges. It can be done in various practices such as file hosting servers installations, removable external hard drives or USB.
What is P2P File sharing? In the article, Digital Pirates Winning Battle With Studios, by Brain Stelter and Brad Stone, they indicate that many people are downloading illegal copies of various content and sharing them over the Internet without consent from these companies. It's a troubling problem because these groups of individual are in line of copyright infringement. People have swapped illegal copies of various content on the Internet for many years. This technique is refereed to as a "slow download process, often using a peer-to-peer technology called BitTorrent, required patience and a modicum of sophistication by users" (Stelter and Stone, 2009). Nowadays, by using a a search engine, online users can find any free copies of various content at any time. Likewise, I believe they need to implement stronger copyright policies to prevent copyright infringement. They more you enforce the stricter regulation, the less amount of users will try to attempt this unethical practice.
What are some examples of P2P file sharing? An example of P2P file sharing would be a company such as BitTorrent, that allows any file hosting or web hosting that allows information and electronic files that can be download over the Internet. It allows online uses to download music, movies, videos, software and many more. It can be
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