File sharing

like Taylor Swift, who are having their copyrights infringed on when people pirate their music. However, music piracy is still consistently done across the United States with about “20 million people still [getting] music through peer-to-peer file-sharing” (Faughnder,2015). As…

of their own.” (Encyclopaedia.com, 2016) When the MP3 came out in the late 90’s it revolutionized the way music is consumed. It allowed files to be compressed down to one twelfth of it’s original size without being distorted. It is this format that gave birth to digital…

Current Situation Illegal Downloading Since the Internet began, people have been sharing files with each other around the world. Many of these files are music, video, and other forms of media. But these files are illegal copies of intellectual properties, which are being given away without compensation to the IP owners. This has become a large problem for the music industry and other digital formats of media. File sharing websites have been around the Internet for years, but the former world…

peer-to-peer file sharing revolution, which has become a perpetual machine in the present day. There are a limitless amount of websites these days that you can go to watch or stream television shows, movies, and music. The piracy community that exists on the internet could be compared to a Hydra when governments shut down one site, two more pop up. Is piracy really hurting the Entertainment Industry, or are they just crying wolf? Since 1999 when Napster revolutionized peer-to-peer file sharing,…

more accepted term used is file sharing, and it is just that: sharing files over the web, typically illegally. File sharing has been a controversy who’s legality has been frivolously debated since Napster in 1999. (Oberholzer) File sharing has been exaggerated to be an instrument of theft, thus leading to the downfall of the music industry. However, thanks to file sharing, users have been exposed to music they would have otherwise never known existed. File sharing of intellectual copyrights…

a rampant crime that caused extreme economic loss in countries all over the world. Cameras, video equipment, DVDs, and the Internet have greatly contributed to the unauthorized copying or sharing of copyrighted materials without permission, or simply stealing it. Many activities like lawsuits against file sharing websites have been taken to protect companies, producers, and artists from copyright theft. However, movie piracy remains on the rise and won 't vanish overnight. Certain actions have…

sentence makes no sense, it is the belief that all internet traffic should be treated equally. It became a big deal when in 2007, Comcast was intentionally slowing uploads from “peer to peer file sharing applications.” And they were basically trying to implement limits and differentiate charges for peer to peer, file transfer protocol, and online traffic. The big problem that arose from this is that other internet providers tried charging for data usage for people visiting what is considered to…

Recommendations In order to improve upon the vulnerabilities of the file sharing peer to peer networks many actions are needed beginning with the traditional client server model. This specific problem is what lead to Napster 's ultimate undoing. After a court ordered ruling that what Napster was doing was indeed a violation of copyrighted material it was very easy for the authorities to control the data stored on Napster 's server. By ordering Napster’s to shut down its central server the…

of bootlegging made its debut. “…since 1998 when Shawn Fanning created Napster…Napster represented the first mainstream and user-friendly program to transfer and download these files. Napster, a peer-to-peer (P2P) program, allowed online users to connect with one another and swap copyrighted music, videos, and other files contained on their computers, thus providing a way to get free music online” (Bender 2009). Unfortunately, because of the rise of Napster this has caused a decrease in music…

hours going through racks of records, cassettes, or cd’s. In the past, sharing music with a peer or friend meant loaning a physical copy of the music. Also the storage of the music took up a lot of space that could have been used for something else. Do not forget about how much care and cleaning went into maintaining it. However, that was all about to change. The most important parts of Napster are its history effects on sharing music around the world, and impact on the music industry. Listening…