My File Sharing Days Are Over

[mp3master1215]

Its A sad day for file sharing cuase i am now using a pay service called Best Buy Rapsody and if you think i am going agaisnt Filesharing im not i will always support file sharing no matter what. I just figured its not right to break the law so i got this. If i did put shame to zeropaid i am sorry please forgive me!

[HonkeyLips]

Just curious, why did you choose that service over others?

[[Crucial] Lee]

same here, why you chose that?

[mp3master1215]

well i wanted a service that was reliable and with a good deal so i choosed it im using it and i like this service a lot im happy with this right now.

[g-smooth2k]

Try apple's itunes or Napster.

Those are better with more songs.
Also reliable plus legal.

iTunes:
http://www.itunes.com/
http://www.apple.com/itunes/

Napster:
http://www.napster.com/

[shawners]

what happens if your hard drive crashes?? or you stop paying and mis a payment on subscription, what happens if you have to reinstall windows.. All your songs be gone =(

[shawners]

also, why didnt you go with the russian service?

[PuNiShErKiLl666]

I use and like Napster

[serrebi101]

I have him on mercora, and after yelling him after telling me he actualy decided to use a pay service -- he told me he didn't pick allofmp3 because his dad didn't trust it. Ah well, let him waste his dads money, lol

[rebirth]

don't use iTunes, whatever you do...their encoding is tinny and shitty...use something...maybe Sony's service, Connect...it has the most files...

[Psilaxs]

Its A sad day for file sharing cuase i am now using a pay service called Best Buy Rapsody and if you think i am going agaisnt Filesharing im not i will always support file sharing no matter what. I just figured its not right to break the law so i got this. If i did put shame to zeropaid i am sorry please forgive me!

You are very young and impressionable aren't you?
Fight the good fight kid. Do what you think is right.

[napho]

It's sounds to me like you're doing the typing but it's your father who's doing the talking. Maybe you can threaten to call the Child Welfare Authorities and say he's been abusing you if he doesn't back off. ;)

[isus]

don't use iTunes, whatever you do...their encoding is tinny and shitty...use something...maybe Sony's service, Connect...it has the most files...
i use itms, and despite what rebirth wants you to believe (do i smell fud?), the audio is superb. considering that itunes' aac codec was voted the best (even over nero's), i am surprised you want to make a statement about itms. have you ever even used it?

btw, for whoever said "well what happens if your hard drive crashes?". well, if it crashes, and you didn't have a backup of everything on there to begin with, i laugh at you. make a backup once a week, or even once a month, and most of your music will be safe.

[Mels_Smileys45]

Just dont expect me to change over to a paid porn site! It aint gonna happen! Free the porn man! Peace and love

[Induna]

Its A sad day for file sharing cuase i am now using a pay service called Best Buy Rapsody and if you think i am going agaisnt Filesharing im not i will always support file sharing no matter what. I just figured its not right to break the law so i got this. If i did put shame to zeropaid i am sorry please forgive me!



I'll never forgive you, you traitorous little scroat.

[Siskabush]

I just figured its not right to break the law so i got this.

How can you break the law when filesharing is not illegal The RIAA has done a good job in getting people to beleive that Downloading is illegal.

But whatever you think is right, just dont call filesharing illegal.

[smokingbevel]

When considering the filesharing realm, there is much evidence to substantiate that, simply, support for pay services translates to support against free services. It would appear that by using your father's resources to endorse certain pay services you may have elected to minutely strength opposition (RIAA, etc.) to free services. Clearly, the primary focus of the ZeroPaid service is filesharing and obviously, the portion of content allocated to free services is greater than that allocated to pay services. Unless, you intend to take a persistent stance in direct opposition to free services, the ZeroPaid service will likely hold less pertinence now.
If, in my practices, I employed the use of both a free service and that of a service that demands financial compensation, my practices could no doubt be construed as contradictory and self-defeating. Some, shallowly, impatiently, and foolishly maintain conflicting practices for the sole benefit of obtaining highly-desired material momentarily, and resist the conscious aknowledgement that their practices destroy the viability of their options.

[MasterChief117]

You know, when you look at the entire establishment, it looks more and more like an organized crime syndicate with each battle. RIAA is like a protection racket if I have ever seen one. Why don't they go after the guy that borrows a CD from a friend so he can make a copy of it onto another CD or tape? We never hear of that. Guy, I know you are doing what you think is right, but I have to agree that it sounds like you are being influenced from an outside source, and not by your own moral and ethical values. If someone freely distributing software as a gift to me is illegal, than all gifts recieved should be considered "stealing". If all this is so wrong, than answer me this.

Why the hell do all these stereo systems have built in dubbing systems and a RECORD button? Is it time that we actually have to outlaw the gxd dxmned RECORD BUTTON?

[rebirth]

i use itms, and despite what rebirth wants you to believe (do i smell fud?), the audio is superb. considering that itunes' aac codec was voted the best (even over nero's), i am surprised you want to make a statement about itms. have you ever even used it?


I'm not the only person that thinks so. I read it in Wired magazine a few months ago when they were spotlighting ITMS and others...Napster, etc. and, Yes I have used ITMS, only out of desperation. When the Pepsi free music deal was going on, I drink a Pepsi every day, at least, so I would get a free song once in a while. I used them when I couldn't seem to find a file on Bearshare, etc. When I received the files, they sounded great on my speakers that are pieces of shit on my computer. But, when I got the tracks to my stereo, the tinniness of the files was unbearable. My stereo is not a bad stereo, mind you. Two woofers, two speakers, and two tweeters...1000 dollars later, and you have my stereo. Compared even to a 96 Kbps version of the song, it sounded shitty. Period. All of them.

[Ken17625]

I'll never forgive you, you traitorous little scroat.

And I agree with those sentiments, which is a really scary thing.

Stop doing this to me Induna, i'm not supposed to like you.

[isus]

I'm not the only person that thinks so. I read it in Wired magazine a few months ago when they were spotlighting ITMS and others...Napster, etc. and, Yes I have used ITMS, only out of desperation. When the Pepsi free music deal was going on, I drink a Pepsi every day, at least, so I would get a free song once in a while. I used them when I couldn't seem to find a file on Bearshare, etc. When I received the files, they sounded great on my speakers that are pieces of shit on my computer. But, when I got the tracks to my stereo, the tinniness of the files was unbearable. My stereo is not a bad stereo, mind you. Two woofers, two speakers, and two tweeters...1000 dollars later, and you have my stereo. Compared even to a 96 Kbps version of the song, it sounded shitty. Period. All of them.
if you wanna hear tinny, go find a wma version. i listen to my itms songs in a car, on my ipod with dj headphones, on my stereo (never really thought about how much it costed though, i didn't buy it). they sound as good as the 192 mp3's i had found. Period. All of them.

[shawners]

www.allofmp3.com can encode in aac audio =) Russia is our allies. RIAA.. RECORDING industry of AMERICA.. Bad Bad bad.

[rebirth]

if you wanna hear tinny, go find a wma version. i listen to my itms songs in a car, on my ipod with dj headphones, on my stereo (never really thought about how much it costed though, i didn't buy it). they sound as good as the 192 mp3's i had found. Period. All of them.

oh yeah...well :P

[method]

The other question is... how much does using a paid-for service give those you're intending to support?

Would it not be better to just get the content for free, at a higher quality bitrate ..AND.. in an unrestricted format... and then just send the artists the money directly? - I know it's kinda impractical but at least you know the people who put the hard work in will actually get some of the money due to them.

Using paid services just filters money through the record labels execs (not a good idea!!) and perpetuates the idea that charging the same for a product with no packaging or shipping-costs is acceptable... when in reality it shouldn't be.. it should be cheaper.

[Digital Bliss]

one word 5 letters..... *cough* pussy

[crackerjacker]

hmm old thread
I would just like to say that if you have no choice in using a paid service then use it.

I dont agree with the price of a cd. I dont agree with any type of restrictions that are placed on a file that you purchase for personal use. That is why I would not buy a cd.

However from what I been reading as of late I do believe that you can stream unlimited music for a set price each month for about 10 dollars.
Now like I said that is maybe a good idea for some people to do subscribe to a service like this if its convenient for them.

Now there are alot of alternatives besides a paid service if you want to become exposed to knew music. You can always go to sites like iuma.com dmusic.com.

I am not going to tell people to do anything I am just saying that its about choice.
I on the other like to stream music etc.
Personally I dont care for cds.

Instead what I like to do is stream music. I dont know about any of the paid services to much on what type of music they stream, but I wonder if someone who subscribes to one of the paid service can answer this question for me.

When you connect to a program like rhapsody or something do you have the ability to type in a name of a artist you are interested in, and are you able to stream there whole album?

I wonder if you just type in a song you like, and the results come up right away and you click on it in real time and it plays right on the stop.

I am curious as to why people decide to join a service like this. I mean if you pay a monthly fee you have access to all the music with the ability to stream it maybe? But what happens when you dont subscribe to the service no more you dont have access to the music anymore hmmm.

Well in the end its up to a person to choose what they want to use.
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[qfreak]

If you want $0.79 burns and free trial try Audiogalaxy Rhapsody, www.audiogalaxy.com

basically the same thing

[clarencebev]

The restrictions on"buying" will bring you back.

[cjules13]

I know allofmp3.com has to be flying under RIAA radar right now, but they do have the best value if you want to pay. $10 for 1GB of music - that's like $1 an album in 192kbps. About what's it's worth too. I tried $10 worth and it was pretty cool!

[Burd]

I joined Rhapsody a while ago. You can listen to whole albums and there's a good selection. But, I think you need a good fast internet service; otherwise, the stream breaks up a lot. I listen to it at home fine, but at work it cuts out frequently. I refuse to pay for downloads, so I thought maybe I could record songs using my CD recorder through my stereo system. Rhapsody even tells you how to hook up your computer to your stereo (not too complicated); however, when I do this, the music, which sounds fairly decent through my computer speakers, sounds like crap through my stereo. I tried a graphic equilizer, but no improvement. In another thread, I read that someone used Napster, so I went to the Napster site, and they talk about something called a "stereolink" which bypasses your soundcard. They have links to several brands of this product. The cheapest one is $49.95 (U.S.). This supposedly makes the music stereo-system quality. Has any one done this? Does it work? I was going to cancel my subscription, but if this makes the sound better, I might stay with it.

[Burd]

Oh, and to answer Crackerjacker: yes, you can type in artist names and/or song/album titles and they come up almost immediately. Like I said, it's a good service if you can get by the connectivity problems and the sound quality if you run it through a stereo system.

[Kevin33134]

If you go with iTMS, you might as well buy the damn CD and own a physical copy.

[DampCold]

If, in my practices, I employed the use of both a free service and that of a service that demands financial compensation, my practices could no doubt be construed as contradictory and self-defeating.

Unless of course you download free songs to listen to and purchase the song if you really like it and want to support the artist (of course the RIAA gets more then they deserve, but at least the artist gets some compensation).

[IshareManyFilez]

You are relinquished of the name MP3MASTER you are now ITUNESMASTER.

[Lehk]

how about allofmp3 or one of the other russian "pay" sites, a penny a meg ain't bad and you get the quality you want.

[mp3master1215]

Dude i still file share i will never leave filesharing! I will always support it!