P2P

File sharing is the swapping, transmitting, or transferring of information over the Internet. Bit Torrent created by Bram Cohen, allows people to upload as well as download numerous amounts of data at a time. This is mass file sharing, also know as P2P file sharing, and accounts for approximately one third of all data being sent across the Internet. P2P file sharing allows users to access and download tons of media files such as games, books, movies, and other types of entertainment. P2P file searching helps to connect other computers who are using the same types of software to get access to downloading such different files as well. P2P file sharing can be used for a lot of good, but also a lot of bad. According to Brian Stelerter, of The New York Times using this type of fie sharing is how people are able to download a lot of illegal films and movies that have not been released just yet.  About 40 percent of revenue is lost each year due to the illegal download of movies and TV shows, says The Motion Picture Association of America.

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