How Peer To Peer (P2P) File Sharing Is Shaping The Internet

by Paul R. Paradise

Peer To Peer (P2P) file sharing has evolved into a fierce public battle over the sharing of copyrighted content, especially music and video. The entertainment industry and many artists have objected to the theft of their work while the pirates have countered with the need for copyright reform. Napster, Pirate Bay and the Pirate Party are the headline making players in the P2P file sharing battle against the entertainment industry, especially the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), a trade group that represents ninety precent of the U.S. recording industry. The RIAA filed an estimated 30,000 lawsuits against P2P file sharers after Napster declared bankruptcy in 2001. The RIAA's litigation blitz was a public relations disaster and became a rallying cause in the United States and Europe as the legal battle escalated.

100 pages, Paperback

Published December 31, 2015