Blog: P2P

File sharing, in terms of torrents, is the uploading of "metadata" that is being streamed to through a network. Sites like The Pirate Bay and Pass the Popcorn are torrent websites that allow users all over the world to download content (in the case of pirated content this is illegal). The peer to peer aspect of these sites is in the file sharing of multiple users. For example, on The Pirate Bay, a the more people who "seed" a download, the faster it is for other users to download the same content because they are getting different bits of the file from that many more people. If a file needs to be downloaded and only one person is seeding it, they are taking the the whole file (the metadata that Google refers to) and this will take much longer. As mentioned in the Wired article by Clive Thompson, "Cohen realized that chopping up a file and handing out the pieces to several uploaders would really speed things up." This is the entire concept of peer to peer file sharing; breaking files down for everyone to freely have access to".

Where copyright is concerned, I have mixed feelings on that (considering how much Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald cost in theaters). But that is merely the content being shared. What is more important is the concept behind millions of worldwide users having instant and speedy access to massive files and how we are aiding one another to have more convenient access to them.


Reference

Thompson, Clive. “The BitTorrent Effect.” Wired, Conde Nast, 26 July 2018, www.wired.com/2005/01/bittorrent-2/.

Comments

  1. UnknownDecember 3, 2018 at 11:08 PM

    Although you touch on how content copyright has touched on a couple of issues, that does not necessarily mean companies are losing business. The idea of P2P allows users to pass on one good to another. This is a form of marketing a product and the more people know about it, the more people are willing to potentially purchase it as well.

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    1. Maham SaleemDecember 7, 2018 at 9:08 PM

      I completely agree with your comment Kevin. I don't see where I implied companies are losing business, however. Thanks for the feedback, though!

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