File sharing is providing computer data and sharing it on a network
P2P file sharing is file sharing among peers or other internet users (peer to peer)
Some examples of P2P file sharing include illegal movie/ music downloading via the internet and sharing it with unauthorized users. This hurts the entertainment industry tremendously. For example, in "Digital Pirates Winning Battle With Studios", not even Warner Bros. could protect "The Dark Knight"from piracy. They event spent millions of dollars on a campaign to monitor every copy of the film. Still, millions of illegal downloads occured.
Digital Pirates Winning Battle With Studios by Brian Stelter and Brad Stone. The New York Times, Feb 5, 2009, p. A1. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/business/media/05piracy.html
