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Whether or not there is a grain of truth in this, I dont know.
I just heard from a friend that KaZaA (The thing that provides free MP3's and stuff) has being outlawed and if you continue to use it that music giants such as Warner Bros and Sony are going to begin prosecuting people.
Apparently this was on BBC news, which I didn't see today, but surely someone out there did.
So is this true or just a hoax to put people off downloading stuff?
I just heard from a friend that KaZaA (The thing that provides free MP3's and stuff) has being outlawed and if you continue to use it that music giants such as Warner Bros and Sony are going to begin prosecuting people.
Apparently this was on BBC news, which I didn't see today, but surely someone out there did.
So is this true or just a hoax to put people off downloading stuff?
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Heh, fair point, I forgot about that :D
Kiriyama wrote:
> Please don't tell me you STILL have 56k? Takes about 80 seconds to do
> 4MB here :D
>
> And even for 56k, that's slow. It should take about 12 minutes...Ooh,
> you were one of those 28k fellas! :P
He was talking about Napster. It was incredibly slow because it only downloaded from one source; usually a 56k user.
> Please don't tell me you STILL have 56k? Takes about 80 seconds to do
> 4MB here :D
>
> And even for 56k, that's slow. It should take about 12 minutes...Ooh,
> you were one of those 28k fellas! :P
He was talking about Napster. It was incredibly slow because it only downloaded from one source; usually a 56k user.
Borat Sagdiyev wrote:
> Kiriyama wrote:
> Garlic Bread!? wrote:
> *wipes tear* Poor poor napster. I loved that program!
>
> It was toss compared to Kazaa. You couldn't resume downloads and
> that,
> and I had dial-up at the time.
>
> me too, it was pants, but the first sharing whatsitmajigga I had, and
> it was a whole new world to me.
>
> It took 25 mins to download 4 meg.
Please don't tell me you STILL have 56k? Takes about 80 seconds to do 4MB here :D
And even for 56k, that's slow. It should take about 12 minutes...Ooh, you were one of those 28k fellas! :P
>
> If those idiots think they'll be suing me 150,000 for each song I've
> got, it'll be a case of 'so long suckers' and me on a plane to a villa
> in spain.
>
> adios muchachos
Well said.
> Kiriyama wrote:
> Garlic Bread!? wrote:
> *wipes tear* Poor poor napster. I loved that program!
>
> It was toss compared to Kazaa. You couldn't resume downloads and
> that,
> and I had dial-up at the time.
>
> me too, it was pants, but the first sharing whatsitmajigga I had, and
> it was a whole new world to me.
>
> It took 25 mins to download 4 meg.
Please don't tell me you STILL have 56k? Takes about 80 seconds to do 4MB here :D
And even for 56k, that's slow. It should take about 12 minutes...Ooh, you were one of those 28k fellas! :P
>
> If those idiots think they'll be suing me 150,000 for each song I've
> got, it'll be a case of 'so long suckers' and me on a plane to a villa
> in spain.
>
> adios muchachos
Well said.
Judah Ben-Hur wrote:
> Basically, they can't do jack.
>
> I fthey are going to try to prosecute millions of people, who can
> quite rightly tell them to boogger off, what can they do? They don;t
> have the money to take us all to court. Don;t worry you fools who have
> deleted it. Even if they shut it down another would pop-up.
And there's always BitTorrent, WinMX etc...
> Basically, they can't do jack.
>
> I fthey are going to try to prosecute millions of people, who can
> quite rightly tell them to boogger off, what can they do? They don;t
> have the money to take us all to court. Don;t worry you fools who have
> deleted it. Even if they shut it down another would pop-up.
And there's always BitTorrent, WinMX etc...
Memorandum wrote:
> That?
>
> Don't you mean '¿Que?'
No.
Que? :)
> That?
>
> Don't you mean '¿Que?'
No.
Que? :)
the_aoe_slaught wrote:
> This may well be a hoax but if they pay 20 000 people 30 000 each a
> year to find people downloading songs, thats 600 000 000 they have to
> pay out, but at 150 per song with 100 as an average user its 15 000 *
> 20 000 000(people)will make 300 000 000 000.
>
> Conclusion - They make a hell of alot of money.
Are you forgetting legal fees?
> This may well be a hoax but if they pay 20 000 people 30 000 each a
> year to find people downloading songs, thats 600 000 000 they have to
> pay out, but at 150 per song with 100 as an average user its 15 000 *
> 20 000 000(people)will make 300 000 000 000.
>
> Conclusion - They make a hell of alot of money.
Are you forgetting legal fees?
Kiriyama wrote:
> Garlic Bread!? wrote:
> *wipes tear* Poor poor napster. I loved that program!
>
> It was toss compared to Kazaa. You couldn't resume downloads and that,
> and I had dial-up at the time.
me too, it was pants, but the first sharing whatsitmajigga I had, and it was a whole new world to me.
It took 25 mins to download 4 meg.
If those idiots think they'll be suing me 150,000 for each song I've got, it'll be a case of 'so long suckers' and me on a plane to a villa in spain.
adios muchachos
> Garlic Bread!? wrote:
> *wipes tear* Poor poor napster. I loved that program!
>
> It was toss compared to Kazaa. You couldn't resume downloads and that,
> and I had dial-up at the time.
me too, it was pants, but the first sharing whatsitmajigga I had, and it was a whole new world to me.
It took 25 mins to download 4 meg.
If those idiots think they'll be suing me 150,000 for each song I've got, it'll be a case of 'so long suckers' and me on a plane to a villa in spain.
adios muchachos
Hedfix wrote:
> I Always do that. Let the people with broadband share. :D
Not me :D
> I Always do that. Let the people with broadband share. :D
Not me :D
Tourist wrote:
> I have uninstalled my kazaa now - whether they ARE going to prosecute
> people or not, better safe than sorry.
Heh, tosspot.
> I have uninstalled my kazaa now - whether they ARE going to prosecute
> people or not, better safe than sorry.
Heh, tosspot.
Garlic Bread!? wrote:
> *wipes tear* Poor poor napster. I loved that program!
It was toss compared to Kazaa. You couldn't resume downloads and that, and I had dial-up at the time.
> *wipes tear* Poor poor napster. I loved that program!
It was toss compared to Kazaa. You couldn't resume downloads and that, and I had dial-up at the time.
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