drumwolf
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Sat Apr-17-04 03:34 AM
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How risky is it to download music for free nowadays? |
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Someone just asked for suggestions about music to download. I was under the impression that nowadays it's risky to download music for free from file-sharing services, since the RIAA has started cracking down. Or are there ways to minimize the risk of getting slapped with lawsuits from the music mafia?
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HEyHEY
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Sat Apr-17-04 03:36 AM
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1. Not risky at all in Canada |
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Edited on Sat Apr-17-04 03:36 AM by HEyHEY
It was declared legal here a week or so ago.
EDIT: Well, it's not that cut and dry...
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Sat Apr-17-04 03:37 AM
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Edited on Sat Apr-17-04 03:39 AM by Seldona
but I believe they are going after people that have been hosting large amounts of music for download.
Doesn't mean it is completely safe, but as long as you don't have an ftp server with 4 gigs you should be ok.
They cannot go after the millions who download a few songs here and there.
Well not yet anyway.
edited for spelling
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Sat Apr-17-04 03:38 AM
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The last bastion of free for all online (and the original Internet) Scott
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theoceansnerves
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Sat Apr-17-04 03:42 AM
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4. depends on where you're downloading it from |
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and if what you're downloading is on an riaa label.
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mouse7
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Sat Apr-17-04 03:45 AM
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5. Stay off Kazaa's network and you'll probably be fine |
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Kazaa is so filled with fake worthless downloads that it's almost pointless to use it anyway.
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Rationality
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Sat Apr-17-04 04:19 AM
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I spent days trying to get GTAIII on there, and when I played it, it turned out to be some old Star Wars game :wtf:
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Sat Apr-17-04 03:49 AM
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look very, very carefully at the file sharing software such as Kazaa, they contain like 45.8 billion spyware programs. Kazaa is full of them.
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Rationality
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Sat Apr-17-04 04:22 AM
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12. This is why you get Kazaa Lite K++, but even then see mouse7's post((n/t)) |
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Sat Apr-17-04 03:53 AM
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7. yeah, find someone with a big yahoo briefcase |
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http://briefcase.yahoo.com/shagatopialike meO8) hint:check out the music folder
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Sat Apr-17-04 04:00 AM
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And start it before starting your P2P software. Config it to do an auto update of it's blocked sites. :) then enjoy :) http://www.methlabs.org/methlabs.htm
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Mobius
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Sat Apr-17-04 04:08 AM
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9. Isnt it easier to just buy the damn cd? |
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:shrug: I just put stuff in my birefcase, and if people happen across it, yay for them. free tunes.
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Rationality
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Sat Apr-17-04 04:16 AM
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10. IRC - Efnet and Undernet |
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Edited on Sat Apr-17-04 04:16 AM by Rationality
It's a bit complicated to use mIRC (or one of several other clients if you're using Linux), but once you get the hang of it there's a its a gold mine for mp3s and software...
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