Contrary to charges that Internet song-swapping is killing the music industry, new Jupiter Media Metrix research contends that experienced online song-swappers are more likely to buy new albums than average music fans, not less. Read

“The record companies had their Napster, and the stream of file-swapping companies that followed. The file-swapping companies now have their ‘Dr. Damn.’ For the past several weeks, the pseudonymous programmer, a college student who declines to give his real name, has been releasing versions of popular file-swapping programs online with the advertising and user-tracking features [...]

Nullsoft has released a new version of Winamp. Here’s what’s new in version 2.80: -Fixed drag & drop from open file dialog related bugs -Made CDDB support better handle not-found CDs/lack of CDDB installed -Update to CDDB ui -New splash screen -Minibrowser security fix -Updated winamp agent to support both winamp 2.x and 3.x -Included [...]

Gee… FreePeers has released a new beta test version of BearShare that comes with the Cydoor spyware… They have announced also that will be a PRO version, like Limewire, without any kind of 3rd party software. The Announcement

In a congressional hearing on Tuesday, the RIAA requested that more federal funds be diverted to combat piracy. The RIAA is requesting funds, so that it may be able to create more additional squads or units for a program called Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property, this is the Justice Department’s iniative to fight cybercrime. To [...]

“KaZaA, the largest file-trading network running, has a new business plan that includes a subscription service, audio and video media advertising — oh, and an offshore tax haven. “Sharman Networks, the company that purchased Kazaa in January, announced a deal Tuesday with Internet advertising company Double Click, as well as the creation of a new, [...]

“Terry Semel, chairman of Internet giant Yahoo and a former Hollywood executive, on Tuesday blasted major media companies for being paralyzed by the threat of online piracy and moving too slowly to bring music and movies to the Web. Semel, who was co-chairman and co-chief executive of the Warner Bros. studio, said the music industry [...]

The newest Lavasoft Signature File has been released (ver. 108-23-04-02) and can be downloaded at this link. The site may be down sometimes, but try again, because this is a neccessity of a download. (If the site re-directs, also try again, only the link above has the file currently). With the scan of my compuer [...]

“Last year, recordable discs outsold CDs for the first time. With so many people copying music, is the record industry toast?” Click here to read this great article from the Boston Globe.

Not bad…an interview a day, I have more coming hopefully ZP: Is LimeWire going in a more corporate direction, like KaZaA? Or is that not even possible with Gnutella? Limewire Team: Our goal with LimeWire has always been to build the best Gnutella client for the consumer market. We believe that Gnutella client and protocol [...]

“A group of congressional representatives is rallying to support independent Webcasters, urging a federal arbitration panel to give them a fair royalty rate for online radio. “The group on Monday asked that the U.S. Library of Congress and the Copyright Office make sure the arbitration panel’s proposed royalty fees would not stifle the industry, potentially [...]

Wow. You guys need to read this crazy letter from Jack Valenti, chief of the MPAA. My favorite excerpt: “Then there is the mysterious magic of being able, with a simple click of a mouse, to send a full-length movie hurtling with the speed of light (186,000 miles per second) to any part of this [...]

Here’s a disturbing story posted by the people at Slyck.com. Ad-Aware should have a fix for this in the near future. This is pretty lowdown folks. Read the full story at Slyck.com

Greetings all. We are making some changes to the way our user system works, all in the name of you guys having more fun. We are implementing a new forum, and doing all kinds of cool things which will reveal themselves in good time. If you were already a member of Zeropaid, you have gotten [...]

You Guys asked for John Marshall, and you guys got John Marshall. Enjoy! ZP: Has Morpheus Preview Edition lived up to your hopes as a Gnucleus clone? Or are you disappointed so far? Since our last interview, have you been contacted by them? John Marshall: The hardest thing a clone has to do is keep [...]

Following the revelations over Brilliant Digital’s secret network been installed with KaZaA, Cnet decided to remove kazaa from download.com. The removal from download.com resulted in much slower downloads of the software from the kazaa site and the lack of placement on such a popular site has no doubt slightly affected the number of people that [...]

A new version of Winamp is out. The version features (which I got off Winamp.com) are MP3 Audio Support, SHOUTcast Radio Support, Skins and Plug-ins Support, Winamp Visualization Studio, and Windows Media Audio Support. NO Built In Ads, and as always, it’s free. Download it.

So far two interviews in one week! Hopefully this will continue! ZP:In what direction do you think File Sharing is going? Pablo: Legalization is the magic word. Of course the technology is improving every day, but the major movement for the File Sharing world in to the future will be the recognition and the freedom [...]

MusIRC is a script/program designed to simplify searching for files, music, and movies via IRC. MusIRC is the first graphical search script/program ever created for IRC. It is also very simple to use and can be used by even a non mIRC user. MusIRC is not based on fserver, @find, xdcc, tdcc, or any other [...]

From the developer John Marshall: “I’ve just finished file hashing which will boost finding alternate locations and multi-source downloading. Next on the list is implementing a system called QRP which will enable LimeWire, BearShare, and Gnucleus supernodes to all be compatible with one another. After that I am looking to create international versions of Gnucleus.” [...]