File sharing is the act of distributing and or providing access to digital media such as audio, videos, images, books, games, movies and computer programs.
Peer- to- Peer (P2P) file sharing is one of the most common methods of file sharing. P2P allows users to access media files, games, computer programs and such by searching for them on other connected computers on the P2P network. Essentially, it is obtaining another user's files and programs. Some examples of P2P will be: Lending Club, BitTorrent, DistriBrute, Tribler, Freecast, Babelgum, BBC iPlayer, JAMAN, GridNetworks, Mashboxx and much more.
P2P has become such an integral part of accessing media files, that even Google joined in; in 2013 Google invested $125 million in Lending Club, a very successful P2P lender. Google's investment and other actions by big companies truly reflect the growing interest and demand in the P2P lending market.
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