Everyone seems to be using freely available P2P (peer to peer) file sharing programs. Commonly used to swap music, movies, videos and any other file you can think of over the web. Check out more info on P2P here

There are many free P2P file sharing programs around, but choose the right one as some for example offer a large user base and some because of this have a larger number of files for you to choose from. So popularity and ease of use are what your looking for. So below is the definitive P2P networks for you to consider.

Important P2P Legal issues

Please remember that whilst P2P file sharing software is perfectly legal, the sharing and copying of copyrighted files may well be illegal and you may be subject to legal action. Your ISP can also make available details of any downloading activity to a third party.

Some of the programs, like LimeWire, have a default setting that tries to filter material listed as copyrighted. However, their list is not guaranteed or always current, so you should use your best judgment before downloading any file. If you are in doubt about a file being copyrighted, then you should not download the file.

1 Shareaza
Shareaza P2P client has a very powerful search engine which utilises a range of P2P networks such as eDonkey, BitTorrent and Gnutella. It also has the ability to detect fake and corrupted files.

2 BitTorrent
BitTorrent is a free P2P download that has gained a big following for fans of movie and tv show downloads.

3 Limewire
Limewire is a very popular P2P file sharing program which uses the Gnutella network. The software has a nice clean user interface with no adware. Its claimed to be the fastest file sharing program and is available for Windows, Linux and Macintosh systems.

4 Morpheus
Morpheus P2P software is available in both free and paid versions. The free version comes with adverts but is otherwise fine to use and uses various clients including Gnutella2, FastTrack, eDonkey2K and Overnet.

5 eMule
eMule has a massive userbase and connects to eDonkey and others P2P networks. It is ad free and has a well maintained open source program.The only downside is the rather slow download speeds.

6 BearShare
BearShare uses the Gnutella network. BearShare P2P file share software is a popular choice and free and claims to be the fastest.

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