P2P

File sharing is when a person uploads a document or file online for others to download on their own devices. P2P file sharing is when you directly connect to another user online to share a digital file with them. Examples of P2P sharing included sites like Napster and Limewire that allowed users to download music that the uploaders themselves had no rights to.  Today P2P sharing is present in torrenting sites that allow users to download books, movies, or shows illegally. These sites threaten the business that they are getting their content from. The music sharing P2P sites decreased the sales of albums in the music industry. The article written by Brian Stelter and Brad Stone shows how torrenting movies is threatening the sales of the film industry. They say the film industry if "struggling against the video version of the digital looting that capsized the music business."

Stelter, Brian, and Brad Stone. “Digital Pirates Winning Battle With Studios.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 5 Feb. 2009, https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/business/media/05piracy.html.