With today's technology and the power of the internet, file sharing has become a big part of the internet. File Sharing is the sharing of digital content and sharing the access to these digital content. As a result of technology, P2P file sharing is something that is very common today. P2P file sharing is the sharing of digital content between many users. Users are connected through networks and content is shared within these networks.
Books, music, video, movies are examples of files that shared in P2P file sharing. This often leads to the issue of illegal content downloads. In the article, "Digital Pirates Winning Battle With Studios", users are using a peer-to-peer technology known as BitTorrent, which has a slow download process, making it easy for users to easily download free movies. Users are so knowledgeable about the internet that it is extremely easy for them to look for free content on the website (Stelter and Stone 2009).
Less and less users are spending money to buy copies of the real version due to the availability of content on the internet.
References:
Stelter, Brian, and Brad Stone. "Digital Pirates Winning Battle With Studios."
The New York Times. The New York Times, 04 Feb. 2009. Web. 25 Apr. 2015.
Hi Xiao,
ReplyDeleteWhen the Internet started it was a way to allow researchers within colleges and the military to share information in the form of files. There was no e-commerce, no copyright laws for software, etc. Now that businesses have moved to the digital platform, they want us to abandon the foundations on how the Internet functioned for a paid model. Unfortunately, people will exercise their liberties and if they don't have to pay for it, they won't. Unfortunately what's the incentive for the developer/programmer if whatever he produces will be copied/pirated. This is an interesting dilemma and one that won't be solved soon. For p2p to stop, it must become financially or legally painful for the parties to continue.