Software and media that is distributed is majority copyrighted (Norbert J. Michel, 2004). .
The concept of online piracy has unfortunately existed for a long period of time. A procedure that has been used heavily previous to the establishment of emailing is FTP (File Transfer Protocol). A major growth rate has increased of online piracy on networks such as P2P. Credited to the expansion in the nineties of compression in audio (Powers. J, 2003). Unambiguously the 'MP3' also to be known as the compression format has permitted transferring compressed high audio into a format involving a quality very similar to the previous source. As soon as the format's availability was announced, the world's citizens began the process of giving and receiving files with family and friends while also 'backing up' collections of music. Soon enough, albums that were full length in time were being uploaded to free hosting sites. Unavoidably, it didn't take long for the hosts of the website to identify the copyrighted files and delete them. Individuals suddenly became more and more irritated and started to find a different method for their music distribution. Developed in 2001, the application of P2P was established firstly. Without any question, it is easy to say that Napster holds all responsibility for the growth and population of online piracy and file sharing as its easy way of sharing music collection's of users expanded (Powers. J., 2003). In todays society, online piracy and file sharing has inevitably blown out into newer proportions. Today's Internet access is more reasonable while being faster than it ever has been. More methods and applications have also been established. Sadly, the mixture has already majorly affected the industries of software, music and film with the issue rapidly growing as the sharing of files becomes more extensive. .
The file sharing popular admiration and acknowledgement of many individuals has flickered discussions that addresses questions of those who embrace it ethics.