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File sharing sites attracts multi-billion visits, leads online piracy.

According to study conducted by anti-fraud firm MarkMonitor, file-sharing websites is attracting more than 53 billion visits per year, mostly sharing illegal and pirated files.

For this, MarkMonitor monitored illegal traffic levels on 43 file-sharing sites and found that they generated more than 53 billion visits per year, mostly lead by RapidShare.com, Megavideo.com and Megaupload.com and were ranked top three respectively. This three website alone generated more than 21 billion visits.

The study was put together following requests from the US Chamber of Commerce to identify trends and rogue sites.

Via: [Bollywood Town]
Src: [BBC]

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