Essays Tagged: "Peer-to-peer"

History of peer-to-peer file sharing. Technology to prevent it, and the future of it.

Peer-To-Peer File SharingThe rise and fall of Napster in the late 90's brought file sharing over the ... le SharingThe rise and fall of Napster in the late 90's brought file sharing over the Internet, and peer-to-peer technology, to the attention of the world. Napster's demise led to the creation of comp ... s but contrary to downloading copied files, they seek to eliminate sharing.One reason the growth of peer-to-peer file sharing has happened is possibly for one reason alone, the constant expansion of t ...

(4 pages) 367 3 4.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

ISDN vs. Cable modems

application toconsider for exercising residential infrastructure. Internet technology isbased on a peer-to-peer model of communications. Internet usageencompasses a wide mix of applications, includin ...

(11 pages) 217 0 4.7 Aug/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

New Challenges faced by the Music Industry.

protecting their rights as producers. The new phenomenon of the MPEG Layer 3 encoding (MP3) and the peer-to-peer networks present a challenge to the traditional recording and distribution methods. Bef ... ethod.This essay will examine two options that are available on the internet, and compare them. Peer-to-peer networking is one of the major legal stumbling stones in the current environment, and l ...

(11 pages) 585 0 4.6 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Essay in support of music piracy.

(2 pages) 86 0 4.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Sharing is Caring

mers becomes faster and easier to do. The new phenomenon of the MPEG Layer 3 encoding (MP3) and the peer-to-peer (P2P) networks present a challenge to the traditional recording and distribution method ...

(5 pages) 112 1 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics

Windows 2000 Professional vs. Windows XP

Professional are both a multipurpose operating system with integrated support for client/server and peer-to-peer networks, each system has similar features and benefits including: lower total cost of ...

(3 pages) 120 0 4.4 Sep/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

How the OSI model works

back to analog on your end torelay it to your phone.While speaking to each other might represent a peer-to-peer network, if I were to ask you a question and youdidn't know the answer, you might ask s ...

(2 pages) 118 0 3.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

File sharing

(3 pages) 69 0 5.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

What is Spyware?

when they install something else. A common way to become a victim of Spyware is to download certain peer-to-peer file swapping products that are available today such as the infamous Kazaa, Emule, Bear ...

(4 pages) 79 0 4.0 Sep/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Hurting Music and Movie Industries.

People who download music and videos using peer-to-peer file sharing don't think that what they are doing is illegal, but according to the gove ...

(2 pages) 74 0 5.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics

Napster

(7 pages) 110 2 3.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Should RIAA keep filing lawsuits against people who illegally download?

In 2003, the RIAA, or Recording Industry of America, launched lawsuits against 261 peer-to-peer file sharing users for illegally downloading copyrighted music. Before these lawsuits, ...

(6 pages) 48 0 4.8 Apr/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

Online Music Distribution

e internet spawned sharing of these files in the form of Napster. Napster was the first widely-used peer-to-peer (or P2P) music sharing service, and it made a major impact on how people used the Inter ... up's future failure.Consumers' threaten profitability of industry through piracySince the advent of peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing over the internet, there has been increasing conflict between consum ...

(13 pages) 283 0 3.8 Feb/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

E-Business Strategy Paper

dle their financial transactions, therefore this trend will likely increase in the coming years.The Peer-to-Peer ModelThe Peer-to-Peer or P2P model involves exchanges between consumers through a third ...

(4 pages) 308 0 3.3 Apr/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Skype

Case Study: SkypeOn October 14, 2005, eBay acquired for €(euro)1.9 billion in cash and stock a Peer-to-Peer telephone network program called Skype. What differentiates Skype from standard telepho ... led Skype. What differentiates Skype from standard telephone communication is that it operates on a Peer-to-Peer model rather than the more traditional server-client model. The Skype user directory is ...

(5 pages) 61 0 0.0 May/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

Cyber Theft: Rise and Fall of Napster

in file sharing, it is not the only file sharing service. This is due in part to the popularity of peer-to-peer (P2P) sharing. Since P2P sharing, shares the connectivity between clients in a particul ... sharing content files containing audio, video and data files in varying file formats.In years past, peer-to-peer (P2P) networks were configured to save and share files off of several centralized serve ...

(7 pages) 26 0 0.0 Sep/2008

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law