File-sharing...
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How is it that when the media mentions piracy of music, they often fail to point out that mIRC is one of the medium through which music is pirated?
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good
uhh.. what songs you want?
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Originally posted by the Bear:good
uhh.. what songs you want?
if only mtv downloads could be faster...
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i'd rather MP3s be downloadable again...
the hell with RIAA!!!
Originally posted by MooKu:
if only mtv downloads could be faster... -
can wat.. use IRC. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!Originally posted by the Bear:i'd rather MP3s be downloadable again...
the hell with RIAA!!! -
i try not to use IRC.. too many things can go wrong in there...
i would like to use Kazaa againOriginally posted by MooKu:can wat.. use IRC. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! -
ahh... i thought IRC safer than KaZaa?Originally posted by the Bear:i try not to use IRC.. too many things can go wrong in there...
i would like to use Kazaa again
cos KaZaa you won't know if the files got virus..? whereas those servers in the irc mp3 channels are more or less "cleaner"? -
in the past, IRC was what got a lot of PCs infected and was a way for hackers to get free access to your PC circumventing whatever firewall you put up...
not sure these days... i never used it..Originally posted by MooKu:ahh... i thought IRC safer than KaZaa?
cos KaZaa you won't know if the files got virus..? whereas those servers in the irc mp3 channels are more or less "cleaner"? -
Hmm... i like the usage of Kazaa or other ptp programs for my music.. its much easier and faster than irc to search and download what i am looking for generally..
I was thinking what if the music companies come out with a Kazaa like program and charge an annual fee.. i think that's reasonable ritez..? Much better than charging listeners to court, they should do this and charges the pirates only .. i think most of us download music cause we are not really able to afford the vast number of cds we need to get for our collection ritez.. -
well y dun u guys use KazaaLite? and whenever a MP3 is downloaded... simply move it OUT of your shared folder to sumwhere else?
i doubt KazaaLite is easily traced since its a illegal/cracked version of Kazaa... whereas the RIAA would have no problems forcibly finding out the legitimate Kazaa source code and hence it might explain the ease of how they could trace the offenders
but as for classical music? the really old ones made by mozart/beethoven/gershwin etc they prolly have expired in thier copyrights and made public domain? so one can dload them with ease or am i wrong?
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mm agree... irc always need to queue.. then for like downloading stuff like music videos, it's a terribly draggy wait when you're like number 20+ in queue. that's when i've to leave the computer on for like the whole day then i'll get my turn. and sometimes the dcc send gets cut off and totally spoils my day haha.Originally posted by Johnptl:Hmm... i like the usage of Kazaa or other ptp programs for my music.. its much easier and faster than irc to search and download what i am looking for generally..
I was thinking what if the music companies come out with a Kazaa like program and charge an annual fee.. i think that's reasonable ritez..? Much better than charging listeners to court, they should do this and charges the pirates only .. i think most of us download music cause we are not really able to afford the vast number of cds we need to get for our collection ritez..
for me i download music cos.. i don't really think that most of the music in the market now is worth my $25. it's like, you buy it and after a while of listening you get sick of it. I buy only albums that I think are worth the money... like david tao's albums
albums dat i can take out 10 years down the road and still find them very nice...
funny when the record companies get to choose from hundreds of songs for just ONE album, the songs are still of mediocre quality. -
If you guys think that by paying for the premium service/app like Kazza will cover ya ass... look again.
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The tales of woe are featured on front pages of newspapers everywhere -- the unemployed woman from Chicago, the Manhattan single mother, the 71-year-old grandfather in Texas, the Yale University photography professor.
All have at least one thing in common: They have been sued for song swapping by the Recording Industry Association of America. And the vast majority insist they did nothing wrong. Some said they assumed they were downloading music legitimately because they had paid a fee to file-sharing application providers.
"My mom paid $29.95 for Kazaa and assumed she was using a legitimate service," said Marilyn Rodell, whose mother is being sued. "How was she supposed to know the difference between Kazaa and something like Pressplay where you pay $9.95 a month?"
But the Recording Industry Association of America is adamant that all of those who have been subpoenaed knew that they were committing a crime.
Rest of the news here:
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Originally posted by BÃ¥seline:
why pay in the first place?
If you guys think that by paying for the premium service/app like Kazza will cover ya ass... look again.
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The tales of woe are featured on front pages of newspapers everywhere -- the unemployed woman from Chicago, the Manhattan single mother, the 71-year-old grandfather in Texas, the Yale University photography professor.
All have at least one thing in common: They have been sued for song swapping by the Recording Industry Association of America. And the vast majority insist they did nothing wrong. Some said they assumed they were downloading music legitimately because they had paid a fee to file-sharing application providers.
[b]"My mom paid $29.95 for Kazaa and assumed she was using a legitimate service," said Marilyn Rodell, whose mother is being sued. "How was she supposed to know the difference between Kazaa and something like Pressplay where you pay $9.95 a month?"
But the Recording Industry Association of America is adamant that all of those who have been subpoenaed knew that they were committing a crime.
Rest of the news here:
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,60386,00.html[/b] -
Read on the link and you'll see why.Originally posted by ntu slacker:why pay in the first place? -
RIAA!! Hmpt! -
Hey guys, remember that you can still share files through MSN. Its also much faster.
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reminds me of the computer pro guy in The Italian Job,
" you'll never shut down the real napster" -
Record Industry May Not Subpoena Providers
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By TED BRIDIS, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court on Friday rejected efforts by the recording industry to compel the nation's Internet providers to turn over names of subscribers suspected of illegally swapping music online.
The ruling from a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia was a dramatic setback for the industry's controversial anti-piracy campaign. It overturned the trial judge's decision to enforce a type of copyright subpoena from a law that predates the music downloading trend.
The appeals court said the 1998 law doesn't cover the popular file-sharing networks currently used by tens of millions of Americans to download songs.
The appeals judges said they sympathized with the recording industry, noting that "stakes are large." But the judges said it was not the role of courts to rewrite the 1998 copyright law, "no matter how damaging that development has been to the music industry or threatens being to the motion picture and software industries."
The appeals ruling throws into question at least 382 civil lawsuits the recording industry filed since it announced its legal campaign nearly six months ago.
U.S. District Judge John D. Bates had approved use of the subpoenas, forcing Verizon Communications Inc. to turn over names and addresses for at least four Internet subscribers. Since then, Verizon has identified dozens of its other subscribers to music industry lawyers.
The appeals court said one of the arguments by the Recording Industry Association of America (news - web sites) "borders upon the silly," rejecting the trade group's claims that Verizon was responsible for downloaded music because such data files traverse its network.
The law, passed years before downloading music over peer-to-peer Internet services became popular, compels Internet providers to turn over the names of suspected pirates upon subpoena from any U.S. District Court clerk's office. A judge's signature is not required. Critics contend judges ought to be more directly involved.
Verizon had argued at its trial that Internet providers should only be compelled to respond to such subpoenas when pirated music is stored on computers that providers directly control, such as a Web site, rather than on a subscriber's personal computer.
In his ruling, the trial judge wrote that Verizon's interpretation "makes little sense from a policy standpoint," and warned that it "would create a huge loophole in Congress' effort to prevent copyright infringement on the Internet." -
use k-lite
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Kazaa is still pretty good for downloading music... just don't share your files. Chinese music can be downloaded via websites, there are tons of them and half the time they have the latest CDs avail.
All free of course
I remember going to an internet cafe in Shanghai and the cafe had its own library of movies on the main server. Its like being able to watch any movie you want (not just latest chinese movies, but korean, jap and english as well) from a pirated dvd/vcd store. And all these could be accessed from any terminal in the cafe.
Tells you something about copywrite law in china doesn't it? lol -
scared virus leh, kazaa.Originally posted by jollyjack:Kazaa is still pretty good for downloading music... just don't share your files. Chinese music can be downloaded via websites, there are tons of them and half the time they have the latest CDs avail.
All free of course
I remember going to an internet cafe in Shanghai and the cafe had its own library of movies on the main server. Its like being able to watch any movie you want (not just latest chinese movies, but korean, jap and english as well) from a pirated dvd/vcd store. And all these could be accessed from any terminal in the cafe.
Tells you something about copywrite law in china doesn't it? lol i use IRC one.. -
irc is just too slow for me heh .. but it might be safer, i'm not too sure
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i support sharing!
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got webby for chinese mp3?Originally posted by jollyjack:Kazaa is still pretty good for downloading music... just don't share your files. Chinese music can be downloaded via websites, there are tons of them and half the time they have the latest CDs avail.
All free of course
I remember going to an internet cafe in Shanghai and the cafe had its own library of movies on the main server. Its like being able to watch any movie you want (not just latest chinese movies, but korean, jap and english as well) from a pirated dvd/vcd store. And all these could be accessed from any terminal in the cafe.
Tells you something about copywrite law in china doesn't it? lol -
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