Quote Originally Posted by CoffeeCup View Post
I seem to miss something: file locking purpose is to restrict access to the data while file sharing is a service which provides a server to share files. When a person need to share a file with restricted access he just compressed it with a password protection (using zip, rar or other archivers) and upload it to any file sharing service.
I agree that it is a strange word. But the expression is "filelockers" and it refers to sites like Rapidshare and Megaupload. If you want to download something you have to wait for a few minutes, or pay a premium fee to become a member.

Filesharing refers mainly to torrent sites, but I think it can refer to the concept of "sharing" through filelockers too. That's what happens on the Uz translations site.

This very interesting topic is the subject of the Torrentfreak.com website - the only site I follow other than than Masterrussian.