P2P File Sharing

P2P File Sharing

 

File sharing is the ability to transmit files from one computer to another using the Internet connection. File sharing gives you the access to computer programs, multimedia (pictures, video), electronic books or documents. You can store or transmit your files using removable media (USB flash drive, DVD’s, or memory cards), computer networks, World Wide Web -based hyperlinked documents, and the use of distributed peer-to-peer networking. Peer-to-Peer file sharing allows you to distribute and share digital documents and computer files using the technology of P2P networking. It allows you to access books, music, video, movies, games using P2P software program who searches for the other computer with this program with located content.  Examples of P2P services include KaZaA, Grokster, Gnutella, Morpheus, and BearShare. Since sharing files became easier and faster, the problem of piracy appeared. According to the article Should Online Scofflaws Be Denied Web Access?  written by Eric Pfanner ,  the growing problem of privacy is bringing entertainment industries loss what forces governments in each country  to resolve problem of online piracy. Most of the countries are fighting in courts with piracy, but there are no results. If they win one fight, the new way of sharing files becomes popular.