P2P

File sharing is defined as “the practice of sharing computer data or space on a network.” (Dictionary.com). Person to person or p2p file sharing is duplicating files from your computer and copying them to someone else’s computer using the internet. There are many examples of file sharing including entertainment. The article “The BitTorrent Effect” by Clive Thompson shares one way people file share with each other. In the article it states “BitTorrent lets users quickly upload and download enormous amounts of data, files that are hundreds or thousands of times bigger than a single MP3. ... Cohen showed his code to the world at a hacker conference in 2002, as a free, open source project aimed at geeks who need a cheap way to swap Linux software online. But the real audience turns out to be TV and movie fanatics.” (Thompson). In other words, while BitTorrent started as a way for users to swap computer software, it has become a means of piracy for movies and tv shows. This piracy of these shows are a form of person to person sharing because a user or many users upload it, allowing other users to download it. In other words, using the internet a user shares a file with others by putting movies on this application.