Rock star Peter Gabriel’s record company has launched a subscription service for Internet music downloads, beating major labels in the race to ask fans to pay for digital access to their music. When reading i had one question which is who the heck is Peter Gabriel? Since he’s calling it Womad Digital Channel i doubt [...]

U.S. music product shipments fell 4.4 percent to $5.9 billion in the first half of 2001, the Recording Industry Association of America said Tuesday. Good read it here.

A report at OpenP2P.com points to the fact that AudioGalaxy sends a users username and password in plain text over the web. Although this is a blatant security risk, one wonders about the value of an AudioGalaxy password. Anyways, hands down my favorite quote from the article: “Now that Napster has transformed from a technology [...]

News.com is reporting on HP’s DVD-RW drive. This thing looks pretty sick: “The DVD-writer dvd100i, which will cost $599 when it hits store shelves in September, will be the first commercially available drive based on the DVD+RW standard. With it, consumers will be able to record video onto a disc, play it on a typical [...]

What with the limitless bounty of the file-sharing world, I frequently run out of things to search for. Usually I check the Billboard Charts, or my local radio station. Sometimes MSN’s Entertainment Channel has some good offerings. Besides buddy lists, where do you go for ideas on what to search for?

Project: Mind Link, or Mind Link is a FREE P2P program under construction. The best thing about this program is that it is and will be SPYWARE FREE. I am producing it in my spare time but already has many features and function working. It’s design is similar to that of Direct Connect. We hope [...]

USA Today just released a story on two brothers in South Korea who wrote a program very similar to Napster but intended mainly for people of the Far East. Instead of getting a lawsuit from the record companies, the brothers got arrested and charged with copyright violation. Read the full story.

Wired.com just ran a story on the idea of an Internet license, similar to a driver’s license, for computer users when they are on the Internet to prevent rapid spread of bugs like Code Red and the SirCam Virus. This isn’t the worst idea to get computer impaired people educated or off the net, but [...]

If you haven’t noticed already we’ve made a few changes around here. Added 25 new file sharing programs to the menu, even gave mac/linux users a simple and quick way to stay updated on those hard to find programs. We also made it possible for you to re-rate your favorite programs, even added 4 more [...]

I just wanted to let everybody know about my project, Andromeda. Andromeda dynamically converts folders and subfolders of MP3s into an easy-to-use streaming web jukebox. Other supported formats include WMA, OGG, MPG, AVI, WMV, and many more. It’s great as a personal jukebox, on a local network, and over the Internet (bandwidth permitting). Additional features [...]

There is a Yahoo! news report on the release of a paper by a group of scientists who cracked SDMI, or the Secure Digital Music Initiative. The RIAA has tried to supress this report several times, and its coming out represents a major free speech victory. In addition, maybe it will wake up the labels [...]

I have found a website that contains lots of information about KaZaA. It has reviews, Virus warnings, How to remove Spyware, A look at the next few years of P2P and more. The Address is http://www.geocities.com/p2ptech/

I discovered when trying to connect to the WanaFile Server that it was offline, and after some close inspection have seen that they will reopen before September 15th. Until then see you on BearShare or KaZaA. This is the exact message: WANAFILE SERVERS ARE DOWN DURING COMPANY CREATION FOR LEGAL PURPOSE (will reopen before September [...]

Well here we go boys and girls it has been done. We can now burn those “protected” CDs. In fact we’ve had the tool to do it for the past two years. All you need is the program CloneCD which you can find on any of the fine file-sharing programs listed at Zeropaid. Read the [...]

Hey Guys, I just thought you might want to know this, I just came across the site www.3ecs.com. Its like napster but its strictly for PORN. I got loads of goodies from it. Its got a really cool and easy to use interface. Their community features like Instant messsaging and hotfiles are also pretty neat. [...]

The open-source audio format has just released Vorbis RC2, the newest version of its fast-growing software. This is important because of the impending licensing fees associated with MP3 and the future of freely distributed audio. Downloads are available for Windows and Unix.

A report from Cnet News.com says “Israeli security company Midbar said Wednesday that it released 1 million copy-protected CDs in the European market and plans are in discussion for entry in the U.S. market. Midbar said the CDs are protected by its technology, dubbed Cactus Data Shield, which prevents potential copyright pirates from illegally reproducing [...]

The music industry is escalating its crusade against Napster style music swapping with a plan to place stringent controls on compact discs — including, perhaps, the one you bought last week. Using technology from companies such as Sunnyvale, California-based Macrovision Corp and privately held Israeli firm Midbar Technologies, the labels hope to staunch the flow [...]

Taxee is new chat and file sharing software.The chat is organized into channels, and private chats are possible. As you are a file sharing portal, you’d better know about it! See Taxee (French Version) 0.35.14 Beta The english version will be available soon (late september). Bye. [email protected]

Techtv.com reported a new file sharing program based upon the morpheus/kazaa community. Called Grokster, the latest peer-to-peer (P2P) application built on FastTrack technology. All three file-sharing programs look and function the same way, access the same network, and even encourage users to share their own music, movies, and other creations. But unlike KaZaA and Morpheus, [...]