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December 7th, 2003 11:00
WinMx
Have downloaded WinMx but do not know how to work this thing. It takes me forever to find a song that will actually download. Is there a trick to this that I should know of? Is there certain songs that can or cannot be downloaded? It seems like I'm forever trying to download a song and they just don't seem to want to download, does anyone know why or what I'm doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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December 9th, 2003 12:00
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December 10th, 2003 01:00
Purrplexed, could you point me to the source of the statement "obably for the same reason that people purchase books and then let their friends and relatives read them; This is just as illegal, but never mentioned." What I do know is copying copyrighted materal is illegal. You can't buy a book and make a copy for your friend, relations, or the guy down the street.
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December 10th, 2003 21:00
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December 10th, 2003 22:00
Dave Lyle
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December 10th, 2003 22:00
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December 11th, 2003 00:00
You may not get the quality you would get if you recorded it.
If you download it from the internet, you are getting it for free, illegally. The fact that people open up Kazaa, BearShare, Kazaa Lite, Limeware, Blubster and etc and downloads anywhere from 10's to 100's to 1000's of copyrighted tunes the artists are lacking the profit from. Not only is it bad enough for downloading them (Stealing) when people share them it makes them even more of a target from getting caught. There is no such thing as trading anonymously. The fact is it is illegal that people use P2P to download (steal) copyrighted work. If you are a P2P user, did you not expect this is going to become a problem? I believe the RIAA will stop as soon as they stomp out the illegal use of the P2P network. Although, it may be a hard fight to win so far they are succeeding.
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December 11th, 2003 03:00
I don't question the current interpretation that file sharing is illegal, but my question was how to reconcile the idea that copying from a radio station is considered 'fair use' but copying from the net is not.
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December 11th, 2003 12:00
I tend to agree with ddeerrff, and it seems to me that the technology evolves, but not the law. And that's the main problem, how to stop something you can't control because there are no or few laws that govern it.
It is most probable that when they ruled copying over FM radio "fair use", they had no idea that P2P would get that strong.
But, as for sharing music meaning loss of profit for the music industry, I say yes, but with some reserve. Most of the P2P users I know would not buy every album/tune that they download if they couldn't do it for free. Also, it provides visibility to songwriters, and probably attracts more people to their shows which means more money.
Rip-off time is over. The time where you had to buy the whole album at full price for 1-2 hit songs is over. The music industry must also evolve and adapt to the customers. We'll see if iTunes, WinMX and the rest will be able change customer's habits, IMO it's a start but it is not enough.
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Rick
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December 12th, 2003 02:00
You do have a point!