10-27-2010, 07:19 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bitter, jaded, cursing the fates.
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Limewire shut down
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...wire-shut-down
Haven't used Limewire for years myself. This line gave me a chuckle, followed closely by a shaking-head-facepalm.
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US judge Kimba Wood ruled that record companies "have suffered – and will continue to suffer – irreparable harm from LimeWire's inducement of widespread infringement of their works", adding that the potential damages were "staggering".
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So some suit working for the music industry will have to wait another year to buy that 150 foot yacht they've been eyeing. Woop-dee-doo.
Last edited by HeartsOfFire; 10-27-2010 at 07:25 AM.
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10-27-2010, 07:47 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Calgary
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The only people who are sad about this are malware, spyware and virus creators. Programs like limewire and bearshare are only used by people who don't know what the hell they are doing.
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10-27-2010, 07:56 AM
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Franchise Player
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i have to admit that over the past year i have been buying my music via iTunes. I guess I figure that I obtained a lot of "free" music over the years, that my cost per tune on iTunes is about $0.60 per track.
also don't have to worry about viruses and all that other stuff.....
as an aside, i used to use KaZaa - anyone know if it is still working?
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10-27-2010, 08:01 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Port Moody BC
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Direct Connect, Free the world.
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10-27-2010, 08:06 AM
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Franchise Player
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Glad to hear Limewire was shut down. What a festering ground for viruses.
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10-27-2010, 08:11 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Northendzone
i have to admit that over the past year i have been buying my music via iTunes. I guess I figure that I obtained a lot of "free" music over the years, that my cost per tune on iTunes is about $0.60 per track.
also don't have to worry about viruses and all that other stuff.....
as an aside, i used to use KaZaa - anyone know if it is still working?
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I use Bittorrent to preview albums. I then purchase on iTunes or on physical CD per availability. If it's not good enough to buy it's not good enough to keep.
KaZaa? damn, I haven't thought about that in a long time . I would assume that they are just another variation of Limewire. More fake and virus ridden songs than actual content.
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10-27-2010, 08:39 AM
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Franchise Player
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There was nothing worse than downloading a song that started off normal and 30 seconds in it turned into the most annoying and ear busting noise known to man.
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10-27-2010, 09:04 AM
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
Glad to hear Limewire was shut down. What a festering ground for viruses.
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Now all the morons and the people who exploit them will be coming to the file sharing method of your choice.
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10-27-2010, 09:14 AM
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Norm!
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Originally Posted by Burninator
There was nothing worse than downloading a song that started off normal and 30 seconds in it turned into the most annoying and ear busting noise known to man.
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The worst for me is that I did use Limewire for a time, and now my IPOD on shuffle will occasionally make a funny beeping sound and reset my shuffle.
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10-27-2010, 09:59 AM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Northendzone
i have to admit that over the past year i have been buying my music via iTunes. I guess I figure that I obtained a lot of "free" music over the years, that my cost per tune on iTunes is about $0.60 per track.
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I've found myself getting most of my stuff of iTunes as well. Even started getting the TV show season passes.
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10-27-2010, 10:35 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Supporting Urban Sprawl
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Part of me is thankful because it was a cesspool of virus and trojans. The other part of me, who occasionally got paid to remove these viruses is a little bit annoyed.
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10-27-2010, 11:25 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: South of Calgary North of 'Merica
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Roast Beef
The only people who are sad about this are malware, spyware and virus creators. Programs like limewire and bearshare are only used by people who don't know what the hell they are doing.
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I take offence to that! I partially only know what I'm doing some of the time.
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10-27-2010, 11:29 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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Good thing i went on a tear the other day!
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10-27-2010, 12:42 PM
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wins 10 internets
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: slightly to the left
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as the computer guy in my family, this is great news
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10-27-2010, 01:43 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
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It is easy to find other p2p sharing programs, this is not an answer to the problem.
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10-27-2010, 02:03 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Supporting Urban Sprawl
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Originally Posted by dissentowner
It is easy to find other p2p sharing programs, this is not an answer to the problem.
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People who mindlessly download things from Limewire are typically... mindless to some degree. With any luck they will resort to the next easiest option, which is iTunes, Amazon or some other legal option. Those who are smart enough to move to torrents are hopefully also smart enough to not click on that free 42kb exe file they just downloaded instead of a song/movie they were expecting...
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10-27-2010, 08:21 PM
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
Self-Banned
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meh. It's only 42kb. What's the worst that could happen?
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10-27-2010, 08:26 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Easter back on in Vancouver
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Good news.
I guess the music industry can stop paying people to infect their songs.
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10-27-2010, 10:16 PM
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Dances with Wolves
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Section 304
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I didn't know about this until 3 minutes before dinner when I received a frantic phone call from my somewhat computer illiterate buddy asking for a crash course in bit torrent.
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10-27-2010, 10:27 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Did I fall asleep in some time warp and go back to 2002?
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