Lately file sharing sites have been in the news, mainly due to the FBI shutting down megaupload due to piracy issues.  The Department of Justice and the FBI is calling this the largest criminal copyright case we have seen.  Kim DotCom is the owner of Megauplaod and he has already been arrested.

File sharing sites allows other users across the internet to freely download and supply access to files like videos, music, images and much more. When it comes file sharing of legal and illegal content, there are two easy ways to do it. File Sharing Sites (like rapidshare) and another method known as “peer-to-peer” file sharing which is commonly known as torrents.

Thanks to shared file hosting, a user can access either a FTP server having a password or he/she can easy access the file via a specific internet address. When this net address is typed in to the browser, the user is going to be in a position to scroll via files and download files straight onto his/her pc. These direct hosting providers are generally readily available either straight via sites or they’re able to be handed out by yet another users. This can be a frequent strategy that a lot of corporations use with their personnel.