FILE SHARING Chloe Severson BTT 1 O What

FILE SHARING Chloe Severson BTT 1 O

What is File Sharing? • File sharing is accessing or sharing files on a computer network • It is only illegal if you are sharing or downloading copyrighted data • Copyrighted data is movies or songs that you would normally have to pay for to download, the author has the right to sell it

What do you download? 7 6 5 4 This graph is showing what most people download. It shows that music is more common to be downloaded over videos and movies. 3 2 1 0 Music Videos Movies None Should file sharing not be illegal? Most people think file sharing should not be illegal. This isn’t a surprise as 8 out of 12 people do download off of the internet illegally. No Yes 0 2 4 6 8 10

Data 4. Do you believe File Sharing should not be illegal? Yes 10 No 2 6. What do you download off the internet? Music 7 Videos 3 Movies 3 None 5

Summary 1. This data shows Limewire and IMBD are the most popular programs for downloading music, movies and lots more. 2. The most common Apple products from my survey were an i. Pod and i. Pad. 3. Most of the surveyed students were academic, and 67% of the students surveyed were downloading illegally.

Conclusion • So many people download illegally, without getting caught, file sharing should just be made legal • Authors of the data would still get all copyright, but the music will be free • People won’t get paid, so they won’t create music or movies anymore, its like not getting paid for doing your job