Name of the Book:
REGULATORY ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
Book Review Chapter:
Chapter 1: Intellectual Property: Legal and Moral Challenges of Online File Sharing
Quote: The File sharing is the distribution or exchange of files over computer networks, and peer-to-peer (P2P) networks in particular.
Learning Expectations:
I would like to know more about file-sharing. I would like to further expand my knowledge on online file sharing so that I could also share it to the people I know.
Review:
Network file sharing is the server-based approach in which a network host is designated as a file server. A file server implements at least one network file sharing protocol, such as File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP), Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), Network File System (protocol) (NFS), Server Message Block (SMB, CIFS), or other network file systems. Computers seeking to access stored files utilize a compatible client-side protocol implementation and either mount an entire remote directory hierarchy within their file system or facilitate access, transfer, and local storage of individual remote files by means of a user application.Webhosting is also used for file-sharing; it is similar to the server-based approach, but uses the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and related technologies for file transfer. In small communities popular files can be distributed very quickly and efficiently without extra software in addition to the ubiquitous web browsers.
Lessons Learned
To understand peer-to-peer file sharing and what was indeed the very first implementation of peer-to-peer file sharing, you need to go back before the popularized form of the Internet as we know it. First use of Peer-to-peer file sharing was on a network similar to the Internet known as WWIVnet. WWIVnet was like FidoNet but it used a distributed model of nodes where traffic was re-routed based on the shortest distance between nodes
Integrative Questions
1. Why file-sharing enables people to share files?
2. What feature allows you to access and share files?
3. Is there a private sharing file?
4. What is Peer to Peer file sharing?
5. What are the technologies to use in file sharing?
The Handbook of Computer Ethics
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