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File sharing

File sharing is the practice of distributing or providing access to digital media, such as computer programs, multimedia (audio, images and video), documents or electronic books. Common methods of storage, transmission and dispersion include removable media, centralized servers on computer networks, Internet-based hyperlinked documents, and the use of…

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Academic file sharing

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File sharing

Nodes116
Edges115
Triples154
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017241
Components1

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File sharing

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related to Further reading · 53
File sharing → ACM Computing Surveys, Advanced Peer-Based Technology Business, Androutsellis-Theotokis, Applications, Archived June, Back, Bodley Head, Computer Science, Culture Business, Culture Business Can Fight, Customers, December, Department, Diomidis Spinellis, Eds, Engineering, February, Free Ride, Ghosemajumder, Gribble
has impact · 25
File sharing → According, Billboard, Data, David Glenn, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Glenn Peoples, Higher Education, However, In, In June, Koleman Strumpf, Nielsen SoundScan, Oberholzer-Gee, Of, Professor Peter Tschmuck, Since, SoundScan, SoundScan's, Stan Liebowitz, Strumpf
related to history · 18
File sharing → Audiogalaxy, Computers, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, DMCA, Files, FTP, Hotline, In, In December, In June, Inc, Internet Relay Chat, It, MP3, Napster, Records, The, Usenet
related to Copyright issues · 11
File sharing → Content, Even, File, For, Grokster, In, MGM, On, P2P, Supreme Court, United States
related to Peer-to-peer file sharing · 7
File sharing → BitTorrent, LimeWire, Napster, P2P, Peer-to-peer, Shared, The
related to Public opinion of file sharing · 7
File sharing → According, Americans, Caraway, CBS News, CD, In, This
see also · 7
File sharing → Bilal, BilalMissionary Church, Comparison, Internet, KopimismOpen Music ModelPublius, Sale, Torrent
related to Academic file sharing · 5
File sharing → Academic, Chegg, Course Hero, In, This
related to External links · 4
File sharing → File, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Private file sharing · 4
File sharing → Compared, In, Private, Such

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file sharing file-sharing peer-to-peer files music bittorrent popular services users napster network p2p new sales media released data content copyright

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
File sharingis apractice of distributing or providing access to digital media0.90text
Morpheus off of the FastTrack networkinstance ofand the Kazaa team made substantial efforts to keep other clients0.80text
Kazaainstance ofthe RIAA began filing lawsuits against users of P2P file sharing networks0.80text
MLDonkeyinstance ofmulti-protocol file-sharing software0.80text
Shareaza adapted to support all the major file-sharing protocolsinstance ofmulti-protocol file-sharing software0.80text
so users no longer had to installinstance ofmulti-protocol file-sharing software0.80text
configure multiple file-sharing programs.On January 19instance ofmulti-protocol file-sharing software0.80text
2012instance ofmulti-protocol file-sharing software0.80text
the United States Department of Justice shut down the popular domain of Megauploadinstance ofmulti-protocol file-sharing software0.80text
Dropboxinstance ofSuch services have become popular via consumer-oriented file hosting services0.80text
Google Driveinstance ofSuch services have become popular via consumer-oriented file hosting services0.80text
Chegginstance ofAcademic file sharing by companies0.80text

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