P2P

File sharing is the transfer of information over a network. P2P file sharing is the sharing of media over a peer to peer network. These include music, movies/videos, and literature. An example of this is seen in the New York Times article, when The Dark Knight was pirated a million times around the world the same year the film released. All it takes is a person to have the information/media to then just make it available for anyone to have. This was explained to be once done through a time consuming and sometimes sophisticated process utilizing torrent sites or software but has now been made easy for most. Now it is very easy for one to find a movie to watch or a song to listen even if it was just released recently. Examples of this are movie torrent websites and Limewire.