Chapter 38. How Music Sharing and File Sharing Work
Every once in a while a new feature or application takes the Internet by storm and not only changes the way many people use the Internet, but, at times, even changes the world beyond the Internet’s borders.
Several years ago that’s what music-sharing software did. Not only did it change the way that many people used the Internet, but it also threatened the multibillion dollar music industry. Music-sharing software forever changed the way people thought of and listened to music.
It did all this by putting into effect a very simple idea—let people share their music with each other over ...
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