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Understanding Online Piracy: The Truth about Illegal File Sharing
Nathan Fisk
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Description for Understanding Online Piracy: The Truth about Illegal File Sharing
Hardback. The complex world of online piracy and peer-to-peer file sharing is skillfully condensed into an easy-to-understand guide that provides insight into the criminal justice approach to illegal file sharing, while offering guidance to parents and students who have concerns about potential legal action in response to file-sharing activities. Num Pages: 190 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKV; UBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
The complex world of online piracy and peer-to-peer file sharing is skillfully condensed into an easy-to-understand guide that provides insight into the criminal justice approach to illegal file sharing, while offering guidance to parents and students who have concerns about potential legal action in response to file-sharing activities. 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. Oftentimes, those providing access to ... Read more
The complex world of online piracy and peer-to-peer file sharing is skillfully condensed into an easy-to-understand guide that provides insight into the criminal justice approach to illegal file sharing, while offering guidance to parents and students who have concerns about potential legal action in response to file-sharing activities. 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. Oftentimes, those providing access to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780313354731
SKU
V9780313354731
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About Nathan Fisk
Nathan W. Fisk is a PhD candidate in science and technology studies and a research assistant at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY.
Reviews for Understanding Online Piracy: The Truth about Illegal File Sharing
This comprehensive and up-to-date text covers all aspects of computer file sharing ranging from the technology involved to the legal consequences of unauthorized use and abuse of those files. Not only file users themselves would benefit from a careful reading of Understanding Online Piracy, but also parents, teachers, librarians, and computer file content providers as well. . . . Simply ... Read more