Understanding Online Piracy

Author: Nathan W. Fisk
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0313354731
Publisher: Praeger

Understanding Online Piracy: The Truth about Illegal File Sharing

While the actual impact of digital piracy is nearly impossible to precisely calculate, the threat of financial damage from illegal peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing to the world's highest-grossing entertainment firms (and even entire industries!) has garnered attention from government, industry, and academic leaders and criminal justice professionals.
Categories: Economics->Sociological aspects, Pirates - History, Economics->Sociological aspects. Contributors: Virgil Henry Storr - Author. Format: Hardcover
Oftentimes, those providing access to computers and file sharing capabilities-parents, schools, libraries-don't know about or understand these activities and, therefore, put themselves and their families at risk for criminal and civil prosecution. This work describes the technological, legal, social, and ethical facets of illegal peer-to-peer file sharing. Geared toward parents, teachers, librarians, st