Strangers in the swarm
Mike Kent
Abstract:
What happens economically, culturally and socially in file sharing ‘communities’? This chapter enters the Bit Torrent swarm and explores the complex, intricate and yet rule-bound relationships in this transitory community.
Key words
online file sharing
Bit Torrent
swarm
peers
seeds
leeches
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