Weekly Task 1 File Sharing Networks

1.How can file sharing networks make money if they do not sell music?

In our group opinion, the file sharing network making money included two parts of this topic. The first, for the file sharing networks, it talks about part of technology, simply it defines that is distributing or providing access to digitally stored information, such as shared music, video, movie, etc.  Like Youtube, Tastemusic, and so on these kinds of entertainment websites are used file sharing networks; also we called use of distributed peer-to-peer (P2P) networking.

In the other hand, for making money, it’s about business. Although they are free to share file in the internet, actually they also can get revenue through advertisements, page viewed, and donations. For example, the BitTorrent(Downloading Software) which we often have websites associated with them use both advertisements and donations. But if some shared file networks don’t have website, how can they made money from advertisements? Definitely yes in my mind, they can also make money through advertisements.

For example, the Spotify is nowadays so popular a music streaming service with desktop applications that it can used Windows, Mac Os, Linux, and mobile cellphone. Still now the Spotify has approximately seven million users. It has to work with internet if you are not premium or unlimited user. We used Spotify to listen music online for free, and find the newest popular music ranking through Spotify without download. but we have to log in our account. How to get Spotify’s account? You have to get Spotiy account invitation from other people who has premium or unlimited account. Then you can register your account. The premium or unlimited have to pay 9, 99€/per month, or 4, 99 € /per month. If you get free account to log in Spotify, you can listen any kinds of Music what you want from Spotify with internet, but only free user cannot download them.  Now interesting thing happened, after you listening 4, or 5 songs, you have to listen a short advertisement (approximately 30 seconds), and then continue listening. Here just is one example to describe how file sharing networks can make money if they do not sell music.