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PrintablePDogz said: Layzie said: And Frostwire. ...as well as eDonkey, BearShare, iMesh, Morpheus, Shareaza, WinMX, and a few dozen others on the Gnutella network. WOW, I remember those.  Those programs used to be so amazing before DC++, torrents, and YouTube, LOL. But now, except for YouTube, all these file-sharing websites are frightening. Viruses can be inside individual torrents and even torrent sites too.  But I've always assumed its the "industry" installing spyware/malware/trojans into files to mess up computers so people will stop downloading.  "You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup...Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend." - Bruce Lee
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unique said: missmad said: why is it that rec companies can cry and stuff when they lose money but they give no money or partial copright to the artist and bitc* when they do?
cuz they are a bunch of cunts? wtf uses limewire these days? it's not the 90s anymore You'd be surprised. Don't laugh at my funk
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WaterInYourBath said: PDogz said: ...as well as eDonkey, BearShare, iMesh, Morpheus, Shareaza, WinMX, and a few dozen others on the Gnutella network. WOW, I remember those. Those programs used to be so amazing before DC++, torrents, and YouTube, LOL. But now, except for YouTube, all these file-sharing websites are frightening. Viruses can be inside individual torrents and even torrent sites too. But I've always assumed its the "industry" installing spyware/malware/trojans into files to mess up computers so people will stop downloading. Hell yeah, it was the RIAA themselves hiring computer "experts" to upload viruses on the file-sharing systems. But as for the case of stopping people from downloading? Excuse them, but mp3 players (especially iPods), mobile phones, & netbooks are still selling because people want music whenever they feel like it. If they're afraid of downloading at home due to potential lawsuits, they can still go to any coffee house OR fast food chain with wireless internet servies. Better yet, hold their netbooks/laptops to their cell phone and download like that as well. | |
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phunkdaddy said: unique said: cuz they are a bunch of cunts? wtf uses limewire these days? it's not the 90s anymore You'd be surprised. If not for music, they still use Limewire OR the free version called Frostwire to download bootleg softwares. You know teenagers out there are using FLStudio trying to reach Souljah Boy-type success in their bedrooms. | |
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Excellent article on the history and future of LimeWire:
http://www.slyck.com/stor...t_Over_Yet  | |
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rainman1985 said: What's wrong with limewire? I use it for individual file, obviously for a complete album you look for torrent.
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TonyVanDam said: Even if LimeWire is out of action, there are still FrostWire, the eDonkey Network-related eMule/iMule/AMule, & Bittorrent clones available.
RIAA can win battles. But they're still losing the war. 
Simply put, the industry can't keep pace with available technology. Rather than trying to sue everyone in sight, they need to adapt. Whether they like it or not, filesharing, video streaming, and other tools aren't going to disappear. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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Y'all better get your download on now and make hardcopies of everything for safekeeping!
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As a musician, I err on the side of the musicians. But the people higher up in the music industry are so criminal that I almost support file sharing, because the money never goes to the people who make it, anyways.
When record producers stop f'ing with musician's ideas and making them put so much sh*t out on the radio stations, I'll stop supporting illegal filesharing. | |
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shipoffools said: As a musician, I err on the side of the musicians. But the people higher up in the music industry are so criminal that I almost support file sharing, because the money never goes to the people who make it, anyways.
When record producers stop f'ing with musician's ideas and making them put so much sh*t out on the radio stations, I'll stop supporting illegal filesharing. 
If I thought for a second artists were getting their due from record and ticket sales I would never download anything, but since I know that very little -and sometimes none -of the profit goes to the performer I really couldn't give a shit. Besides, if I truly enjoy music I've downloaded or heard on youtube or somesuch I almost always get around to buying it for real anyway. Haven't there been some kind of studies done that show consumers who download the most music also buy the most? Not sure where I heard that, but from my experience it would seem to ring true. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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shipoffools said: As a musician, I err on the side of the musicians. But the people higher up in the music industry are so criminal that I almost support file sharing, because the money never goes to the people who make it, anyways.
I feel the same way. Plus, those files are out there anyway, I figure: What's the harm if I listen to them? (I have a good friend that calls this "Criminal Thinking", lol) More than half of what I download I'd never buy in a store anyway, and it would just be music I didn't get to hear - but they still wouldn't be getting my money for it. Nevertheless, there have been many occasions in which I've downloaded something, just to try a new genre or artist that I'm unfamiliar with, and have liked it so much that I've gone out and purchased the actual CD. Most recently with a couple of "Naturally 7" CD's. But the best part is; if I download something and hate it, I can just delete it, without having been burned for $14 (...or whatever). And then of course there's the stuff that's "Out of Print" or otherwise unavailable EXCEPT by filesharing. Though I feel strongly that recording artists need to find a way to secure their income, and not be ripped off by the record companies, yet still be compensated for their creativity. I feel that solution may be touring. It's certainly how artists like George Clinton have been surviving over the past 20 years. Because if I like an artists' music enough, I'll pay $100+ to go see them live (Hello: PRINCE) Then, the artists that can't perform well, or sing without the assistance of a studio tech, will fall by the wayside. And that would be fine with me. | |
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meow85 said: ... if I truly enjoy music I've downloaded or heard on youtube or somesuch I almost always get around to buying it for real anyway.
...that's what I'm saying. | |
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