P2P File Sharing

I'm very frugal when it comes to buying music to put on my phone or iPod, which is why i use file sharing to take some of my moms music off of her computer. File sharing is basically the act of moving or copying a file from one computer to another. However, with today's advanced technology, file sharing has come a long way and turned into P2P file sharing. With P2P file sharing, people are able to access media files using a specific program that allows them to share and connect with other P2P users. 

People use P2P sharing for many different day to day tasks. For example, some use this software to lend and borrow money, while avoiding the "middle man." This can be very helpful to borrowers who can't seem to catch a break, because they interest rate they need to pay is usually less then other loans. In an article written by Wendy Kaufman on NPR.org, Wendy discusses how google is teaming up with some of these peer-to-peer loaning sites.