Blog: P2P

According to Eric Pfanner, in "Should Online Scofflaws Be Denied Web Access?" the author explains the concerns and benefits of file sharing and questions if it should be illegal or not. To define it, file sharing is the process in which individuals share and transmit files of computer data in a network or internet with various access levels. Through this process, one can add on and transmit their data from one computer to another, which ultimately becomes much more  efficient for the users to work on documents especially if they are in different locations. P2P file sharing, however, is a peer to peer file sharing which gives people the ability to use media files through a software program that locates that specific computer which has that wanted file.  An example of P2P file sharing is RapidShare.  To simplify, RapidShare allows users to upload files too big to e-mail. Once the software finds that specific computer which has the wanted file, they can then download that file into their own computer.  Another example incorporates the fact that many free media is released online and encourages voluntary payments for donations. This becomes beneficial for both consumers and producers of this content for consumers now have access to the media and the producers receive more recognition.