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jrh1406 
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Posted on: Jul. 31 2000,06:38 |
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Ok, I had an epiphany alittle bit ago, with the passing of napster (even with the temporary shutdown of napster), everyone and their brother is coming out of the woodwork with their second favorite way of getting mp3s. Now i don't know if i've just been out of the loop for a while (wouldn't be the first time) but i've just been using napster and recently gnutella, now i know of atleast 5 other ways to get mp3s, there are links here, at slashdot, and even on collegeclub.com. Now that more people know about these different resources i've got the feeling that trying to shut down napster was an even bigger mistake than i had figured.
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Sithiee
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Posted on: Jul. 31 2000,13:32 |
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i dont think you realize the point behind shutting down napster. they all realize this isnt going to stop mp3 trading, that much is obvious. what it does set though is a legal precedent, which means anyone caught doing it can get in trouble, and they can use the case's outcome to back up what theyre doing.
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jrh1406
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Posted on: Aug. 01 2000,10:42 |
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Except that they can only go after a couple of the mp3 sources i've run across, some of the others, they can't touch, legal precident or not.
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Sithiee
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Posted on: Aug. 02 2000,04:14 |
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look, theres about 3 kinds of mp3 trading. download and upload from a server, i.e. using a search engine to find web pages, and then download from the server. then theres peer to peer through a server, like napster. and then theres plain peer to peer, like gnutella. plain peer to peer is very hard to stop. you have to do lots of protocol checking shit at the isp level. besides, gnutella and such cant even be sued, theres no real company, more like a program floatin around on the net
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jrh1406
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Posted on: Aug. 05 2000,07:13 |
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Yeah, so unless they plan on sueing everyone they suspect of downloading gnutella, they can't touch it, unless they make gnutella ilegal to use. But then it's open source so with a few changes, it's now a new legal program.
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Sithiee
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Posted on: Aug. 05 2000,15:20 |
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they can make mp3 sharing itself illegal. just like shooting someone with a gun is illegal, not shooting people with certain model guns. but thats not even the point, the point is its just nearly impossible to stop the downloading of mp3s themselves.
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jrh1406
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Posted on: Aug. 06 2000,03:56 |
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They can make mp3 transfering illegal, but i can always zip it, or rar it or arj it and then it's not an mp3 transfer, the only way to really stop it is to make file transfer itself ilegal and i don't see that happening
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Sithiee
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Posted on: Aug. 06 2000,21:02 |
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they can make mp3s themselves illegal (its what i mean, i guss you didnt catch it) they can say having mp3s on your comp is illegal. i dont think it will come to that, but they can do it, the same way having pot is illegal. trust me, they can make it illegal in some way shape or form for you to obtain mp3s.
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