Music downloading is now a standard proceedure for teens and adults in society, if you asked an average teenage how to download a simple tune it is stated that 1 in 4 men admit that more than 50% of their music collection is made up of illegal downloads; therefore would be able to tell you within seconds (that simple!)
So, when exactly did the music downloading market boom?
Platforms of software launched and gained popularity and since then many site-based companies have immitated the illegal downloading. For example, take Limewire- Well known for file sharing including illegal music downloading. Limewire was launched in June 200 and Frostwire was developed in 2005. Both free to access and also download- Sounds good to me so far, however one problem, it is illegal. These softwares are one of many that save the hassell of legally downloading music and paying a high price- They do this via file sharing and converting music.
2000: LimeWire LaunchesThe site is launched by Mark Gorton, a former Wall Street trader with degrees from Harvard, Yale, and Stanford. Like many other P2P creators before and since, Gorton has long insisted that the existence of his site is well within the confines of the law.
2010: LimeWire ClosesThanks to a permanent injunction issued by a New York-based federal court, LimeWire becomes the latest P2P casualty.
http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/limewire-napster-the-pirate-bay-a-brief-history-of-file-sharing-20101027/
However, it's not just limewire that used to be accessable for downloading. You have Youtube converter, 4Shared, Pirate Bay- Most of these have the clues in the names!
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