文档介绍：Espoo-Vantaa Institute of Technology
Degree Program in Media Engineering
Liisa Benmergui
Filesharing and the birth of the digital music industry
28 October 2004.
Instructor: Erkki Rämö
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Liisa Benmergui
Filesharing and the birth of the online music industry
October 28, 2004
Degree Programme
Media Engineering
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Erkki Rämö, Principal Lecturer
Erkki Rämö, Principal Lecturer
The aim of the study is discuss the co-dependent relationship between the development of works and the birth of the online music industry. An overview of basic work structures and their relevant vocabulary is evaluated. As historical events in the filesharing and online music industry are focused upon, demonstrating the cause and effect of the online music industy’s existence.
Keywords
filesharing, music industry, piracy, peer-to-peer, p2p
Table of contents
1 Introduction 4
2 P2P: An overview 4
Peer-to-work definitions 4
P2P categories 4
3 History and events in work activity 6
Where did it all begin? 6
4 Who is against p2p and why? 6
5 Is filesharing illegal? 7
6 The birth of online music stores 7
One person’s misery is another person’s ess 7
Legal online alternatives: an even shorter history 8
Why buy music if you can get it for free? 8
What is the impact of filesharing on the music industry? 9
Factors affecting future online media distribution 9
7 Conclusion 9
8 References 10
Introduction
“File sharing” is a term that has e familiar to both those in and outside of puter science world. It used to be regarded as a practice that would further the proliferation of information among individuals that are located at a considerable distance from each other. “File sharing is the activity of making files available to other users for download over the , but also over works.”(1)
P2P: An overview
Peer-to-work definition and terms
Peer-to-peer is defined as: “…work that does not rely