madge said:Call me paranoid, but I would NEVER illegally download ANYTHING. I absolutely agree with Nuphoria - people work hard with and for their music, and to obtain it illegally is not only a crime but it stinks! Cough up a few bucks and support your local music shop!
Rumsfeld™ said:Bit torrents, kazaa, etc. are not yet a mainstream illegal activity in terms of the actions taken against some downloaded music, but it's definitely not the most ethical thing to do.
I'm aware of the supernova issue, but there seem to be so many ways to get around those kind of laws from what you see as a result of some of these shutdowns... for instance, supernova is now affiliated (and maybe even supporting financially) the beta program for http://www.exeem.com/ I know it's just a p2p, but the principle is the same... free stuff :\Diesel said:Bittorrent, actually, is mainstream enough to have had most of the major tracker sites sued and shut down. Suprnova, Torrentbits, etc. have all shut down as a result of the lawsuits levied against them by the MPAA. Mind you, that was for hosting pirated movies, but the fact is that Bittorrent, as a peer-to-peer system, did get big enough to get on the radar of the major industry players (read: mainstream), cause them concern, and force legal action.
Rumsfeld™ said:I'm aware of the supernova issue, but there seem to be so many ways to get around those kind of laws from what you see as a result of some of these shutdowns... for instance, supernova is now affiliated (and maybe even supporting financially) the beta program for http://www.exeem.com/ I know it's just a p2p, but the principle is the same... free stuff :\
Diesel said:If anything, the Suprnova folks are being supported by Exeem, as it is happy to install about 20 different spyware apps along with the p2p client, all of which I'm sure paid handily to be included in the install package.
I wouldn't touch it with a 20' pole.
Oh, I thought it was the reverse of that... I guess after all the law trouble that makes sense.Diesel said:If anything, the Suprnova folks are being supported by Exeem, as it is happy to install about 20 different spyware apps along with the p2p client, all of which I'm sure paid handily to be included in the install package.
I wouldn't touch it with a 20' pole.
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