P2P

In the age of digital media, it is not a surprise that we have near unlimited access to information and media. One such way, a person would obtain media/information would be via file sharing. File sharing is simply the act of distributing digital goods such as videos, books or music. P2P file sharing or peer to peer file sharing is simply a network of users who distribute digital media without a central servers. This means that if the single source would be lost, others in the network would be able to provide said digital goods. For example, according to the New York times written by Eric Pfanner who states that sites like Rapidshare which allow user to upload many forms of digital goods to be shared with other users. Other examples of these P2P file sharing would be Utorrent or Streamable.

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  1. AlFayat NoorApril 17, 2019 at 12:09 PM

    Hi Timothy, nice description of both file sharing and P2P file sharing. I would also like to bring up out P2P file sharing brings up a lot of controversy over piracy, as softwares such as Limewire and Frostwire allowed users to download music, illegally. P2P file sharing is a great thing, and although it is not illegal at all by itself, its users are the one that make the most use of it. Data and information is not valuable by itself, only the users who use it make it valuable.

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