File sharing is a network that allows us to share files and information with others. By giving others the permission to access the information we have stored it allows us to "file share". File sharing can also be physical objects such as floppy disks and portable hard drives, but now we can use something completely digital to store and share information. The things we can share range from pictures, documents to music and etc.
P2P file sharing means peer to peer. This means that there is a network which allows people to upload share and download files with pretty much everyone that has access. This type of file sharing allows delinquency such as piracy to occur very easily. "Because of widely available broadband access and a new wave of streaming sites, it has become surprisingly easy to watch pirated video online" as said by Brian Stelter in his article Digital Pirates Winning Battle With Studios.
Examples of file sharing are limewire which has been shut down for a while now, kazaa, letmewatchthis.com.
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