File sharing is basically the practice of distributing or providing
access to digitally stored information, such as computer programs, multimedia (audio,
images and video), documents or electronic books.
In IT society, Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file sharing has become popular for the
Internet users who want to share information by uploading and downloading.
BitTorrent
and The Pirate Bay are the most successful peer-to-peer programs which let
users quickly upload and download enormous amounts of data, files that are
hundreds of thousands of times bigger than a single MP3. Back then when people
just started having an idea of P2P system, Napster was popular. However, it was
usually used just for the free videos and television shows. Unlike Napster, people
can be connected to the communities in the BitTorrent for the purpose of
sharing information between like-minded thinkers to share their passion, such
as politics and science.
Citation
Choi, David Y; Perez, Arturo. Online piracy and the emergence of new business models (Conference Paper). USASBE/SBI 2006 Joint Conference Proceedings. Tucson, AZ. ed. Toombs, Leslie A. 2006. http://www.sbaer.uca.edu/research/usasbe/2006/pdffiles/papers/cases/016.pdf
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