Downloading Flying Music

Ricky Robbins wrote in message
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On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 04:01:21 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

How in the world can they figure out who is downloading what?

I've done a little research into this "Soulseek" site this evening, and
it
would seem to be pretty bulletproof, from a security standpoint.

Speaking of free stuff, you can get free towels at hotels; no need to
pay for those, either.

Except if you "clone" the towels.

Jeff wrote:
Be careful downloading music online, the music companies are filing lawsuits
against people, they filed 500 more last week.

Considering the tens of millions downloading music I'd say your odds of
getting sued are pretty slim.

Walmart sells songs for 88 cents each.

Dan Thompson wrote:

I've been using www.buymusic.com Songs are about a buck apiece. Whole
albums are about ten-twelve bucks. You get "wma" files which are like mp3s,
but have a tracking feature that gives you permission to move them between
computers, CDs you burn, and portable devices a limited number of times,
which can vary between 1 to 5 times depending on something, not sure what.
Hasn't been an issue yet. Completely legal, fast and reliable, compared to
Kazaa Lite.

To get around the wma permission hassles, the buymusic.com files can be
burned to a CD, then ripped back to unrestricted mp3s, but that is kind of a
hassle.

I've tried Apple's Itunes but its file format does not play on my portable
mp3 player. I also have a gift card from the new legal Napster site that I
haven't tried yet. My teenager says it's good too. He's my in-house
authority on all things mp3.

Jay Honeck wrote:

Speaking of free stuff, you can get free towels at hotels; no need to
pay for those, either.


Actually, we have your credit card or a cash deposit before you set foot in
your suite.

Any towels missing or destroyed? Ka-CHING!

Well downloading music is the same thing, it's stealing. But I couldn't
be happier who it's happening to. The music industry deserves
everything they are now getting.

But he's still a thief, as are those who
illegally download protected music.

(Let the rationalizations begin.) 8)

No rationalization here -- I agree with you.

I'll stick with the pay-per-play guys.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Newps wrote:

Walmart sells songs for 88 cents each.

Do they let me pick and choose the songs? Last time I was there, it seemed to me
that they only sold entire CDs or tapes? Now, I *have* paid $15 or so to get the
*one* song on a CD that I liked, but I prefer to not do that.

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is
"Hummmmm... That's interesting...."

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:46:29 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Speaking of free stuff, you can get free towels at hotels; no need to
pay for those, either.

Actually, we have your credit card or a cash deposit before you set foot in
your suite.

Any towels missing or destroyed? Ka-CHING! :-)

(It can actually be a profit center, if done properly....)

*laugh* Okay, let me rephrase it. You are stealing if you download
protected music outside any permissions given for downloading.
Personally, I don't take hotel towels from poolside and pack them in
my bag or take Dave Clark headsets from the unlocked plane at the
airport and sell 'em on eBay or illegally download music, because I'm
not a thief. Even if I knew I could get away with it. Folks will
rationalize doing any of the above because they want to have it, don't
want to pay for it, and don't want to be considered a thief -- but
it's stealing. I won't argue the rationalization that people come up
with for being a thief. I'm sure the guy who broke into my car and
stole my laptop could have given me a nice line of reasoning as to why
he should have something he wanted without paying for it. And, who
knows, his underprivileged kids might be doing better in school by
using my laptop that he could not have afforded to buy. Which makes
it a better reason than "sure, I can afford it, but why pay for it
when I can steal it." But he's still a thief, as are those who
illegally download protected music.

(Let the rationalizations begin.) 8)

Ricky

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Newps wrote:

Walmart sells songs for 88 cents each.

Do they let me pick and choose the songs? Last time I was there, it seemed
to me
that they only sold entire CDs or tapes?

Didn't I read (or hear) somewhere that they're putting in a
machine where you choose the songs you want from a list
and then it makes a CD for you?

Paul (who prefers to buy whole CDs of a band's music to
sample/get the rest of the stuff I might never listen to otherwise)

Paul Sengupta wrote:


Didn't I read (or hear) somewhere that they're putting in a
machine where you choose the songs you want from a list
and then it makes a CD for you?

Paul (who prefers to buy whole CDs of a band's music to
sample/get the rest of the stuff I might never listen to otherwise)

And I think that will be a revolution too. Bands will no longer have to
come up with 5-6 loser songs to fill up an album. As soon as they have
a decent song they will release it.

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Paul Sengupta wrote:


Didn't I read (or hear) somewhere that they're putting in a
machine where you choose the songs you want from a list
and then it makes a CD for you?

Paul (who prefers to buy whole CDs of a band's music to
sample/get the rest of the stuff I might never listen to otherwise)

And I think that will be a revolution too. Bands will no longer have to
come up with 5-6 loser songs to fill up an album. As soon as they have
a decent song they will release it.

You mean just like they did 40 to 50 years ago on those things called 45s.
Hardly a revolution.