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Post by bowiglou on Mar 17, 2008 15:45:11 GMT -5
thank you Kool...so let me ask all of you, when you go to these sites they aren't the same as Kazaa-lite with (1) all the attendant spyware and (2) per the RIAA are not considered to be illegal? |
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Post by KooL on Mar 17, 2008 16:09:41 GMT -5
What sites? You mean sendspace? That's a file host site, which I don't think the RIAA monitors. It's nothing like Kazaa. Of course, technically speaking, even this is 'illegal', but everyone's doing it.  Unless you mean the sites we actually get the music from. Most of us I think use torrents, which is is the fastest, safest way to go. But you can also get full albums from various blogs. Do a little googling and you'll see how it easy it is to find basically anything you're looking for. oh, and spyware is not an issue, as long as you know what you're doing and you're 'protected'. Might as well put up a couple more links since I'm here...  www.sendspace.com/file/kkekpf www.sendspace.com/file/1g7hj6btw, did you know even ripping mp3s for your iPod from CDs you actually bought is illegal too. But that's hardly going to stop people from doing it. Just like we made tapes back in the day. |
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Post by bowiglou on Mar 17, 2008 17:44:29 GMT -5
yeah Kool, I was thinking of the various Blogs you all were referring to...... What sites? You mean sendspace? That's a file host site, which I don't think the RIAA monitors. It's nothing like Kazaa. Of course, technically speaking, even this is 'illegal', but everyone's doing it. Unless you mean the sites we actually get the music from. Most of us I think use torrents, which is is the fastest, safest way to go. But you can also get full albums from various blogs. Do a little googling and you'll see how it easy it is to find basically anything you're looking for. oh, and spyware is not an issue, as long as you know what you're doing and you're 'protected'. Might as well put up a couple more links since I'm here... www.sendspace.com/file/kkekpfwww.sendspace.com/file/1g7hj6btw, did you know even ripping mp3s for your iPod from CDs you actually bought is illegal too. But that's hardly going to stop people from doing it. Just like we made tapes back in the day. |
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Post by bowiglou on Mar 17, 2008 17:45:21 GMT -5
cool, now the REM link works.....I am tickled pink!!!
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Post by bowiglou on Mar 17, 2008 17:46:21 GMT -5
oh man kool, you are semi-demi-major god.....you just appended Bauhaus...
this is turning out to be a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by bowiglou on Mar 19, 2008 16:37:44 GMT -5
rookie question: so how do these blogs work?..do I have to download a software called rapidshare?.....
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Post by phil on Mar 19, 2008 19:43:48 GMT -5
You'll have to get Win RAR ... !
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Post by KooL on Mar 19, 2008 19:48:49 GMT -5
Bow uses a Mac , so he doesn't need winrar to unzip files. I think his unzipping software does it for him. So he doesn't need to download anything. Rapidshare, as already noted by Ayinger on the 'what are you listening to' board, is merely a file hosting site, just like Sendspace, yousendit, etc.
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Post by bowiglou on Mar 19, 2008 19:51:17 GMT -5
got it....I am actually a PC user, so looks like I'll need to download RAR..is that right?
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Post by KooL on Mar 19, 2008 20:04:55 GMT -5
Not necessarily. I think latest editions of winzip can unzip .rar files too. But even if you can't, I'll put up a link for a registered version of it. Try downloading a .rar file instead of the usual .zip ones. If you can't decompress/extract it using winzip, download and install this... It'll only take a minute of your time. www.sendspace.com/file/843ovr |
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Post by bowiglou on Mar 19, 2008 20:19:21 GMT -5
OH my F*&&&&in Gawd!!!................................so, I just experimented with a group I know nothing about...i.e, Kitchens of Distinction and a CD called Strange Free World..
and it was a piece of cake downloading!!
oh my lord!!.....I am a kid in a candy shop!
now again, refresh my memory so I can justify that this isn't illegal!!!!
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Post by phil on Mar 19, 2008 20:24:48 GMT -5
Bow ... Resistance is futile ! Welcome to the dark side of the Force ... BTW, if I was you, I'd be more preoccupied with all that swearing ...  |
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Post by RocDoc on Mar 19, 2008 21:27:31 GMT -5
what swearing?
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Post by Ayinger on Mar 19, 2008 22:18:41 GMT -5
One of the nicest things I discovered on some blogs was the wealth of "bootleg" material as well as ripped versions of albums that have yet to be issued on CD (hello T-Bone Burnett Proof Through The Night and that powerpop nugget by Chicago's The Kind that I never thought I'd ever hear again......).
ha, we oughta take up a collection and ship Bow some blank CD-Rs!
----just thought too, isn't WinRar something you have to purchase after 30 days of use? I ended up downloading a free program called 7-Zip to unpack .rar files.....in fact, I think someone here turned me onto it.
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Post by bowiglou on Mar 19, 2008 22:29:02 GMT -5
well Kitchens of Distinction was zip file so no problem.............
oh geez, I feel like when I was first introduced to Kazaa-lite......then when the RIAA reared it's ugly little head, I curtailed "file sharing"....but if all of you opine that (1) this is not illegal and (2) you don't get tons of spyware, then I'm sold!!!!
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