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Peer-to-peer file sharing is the distribution and sharing of digital media using peer-to-peer (P2P) networking technology. P2P file sharing allows users to access media files such as books, music, movies, and games using a P2P software program that searches for other connected computers on a P2P network to locate the desired content. [1]
1992 – Software Publishers Association runs an anti-copyright infringement campaign Don't Copy That Floppy; July 1994 – The Fraunhofer Society released the l3enc mp3 encoding software as shareware, the first of its kind. [12] September 1995 – The Fraunhofer Society released WinPlay3, the first software mp3 player for Windows.
Zona is a BitTorrent client for watching streaming video content. Described as a "Popcorn Time beater", [1] the application provides a free alternative to subscription-based video streaming services (such as Netflix).
The BitComet program is a multi-threaded multi-protocol hybrid download manager and BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing application. It supports simultaneous download tasks. To complete a particular download, it can draw parts of files from many sources across different P2P and client–server protocols.
Rainberry, Inc., [3] formerly known as BitTorrent, Inc., is an American company responsible for μTorrent and BitTorrent Mainline. [4] [5] The company was founded on September 22, 2004 by Bram Cohen and Ashwin Navin.
The main products developed by Xunlei Limited is the Xunlei download manager and Peer-to-peer software, supporting HTTP, FTP, eDonkey, and BitTorrent protocols. As of 2010 [update] , it was the most commonly used BitTorrent client in the world. [ 7 ]
KickassTorrents (commonly abbreviated KAT) was a website that provided a directory for torrent files and magnet links to facilitate peer-to-peer file sharing using the BitTorrent protocol.
A BitTorrent tracker is a special type of server that assists in the communication between peers using the BitTorrent protocol.. In peer-to-peer file sharing, a software client on an end-user PC requests a file, and portions of the requested file residing on peer machines are sent to the client, and then reassembled into a full copy of the requested file.