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file sharing

British

noun

the practice of sharing computer data or space on a network

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High court sides with the entertainment industry in the fight against illegal file sharing.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Its P2P/torrenting servers are optimized for file sharing and downloading from peer-to-peer networks.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2025

Thousands of companies, from tech groups like Google to small enterprises to healthcare organizations, rely on data centers for basic needs like file sharing or running applications.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

The file sharing company had received lots of criticism from customers on social media after changing its terms of service, which some interpreted as allowing it the right to use files for AI training.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025

About the only thing I could get out of Stallman was a concession that the e-book's copyright restrict all forms of file sharing to "noncommercial redistribution."

From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Williams, Sam

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