Filesharing

[Graag]

I have two questions, if filesharing is a taboo I will remove the first.

1. What is your preffered filsharing program?
I like the idea and reliability of Direct Connect, find Kazza Lite useful but annoying, and WinMX a good simple program.

2. In a few years time when the majority of interent users have broadband connections and big fat hard drive, will filesharing destroy the music industry and video rental markets?

[alva]

2. hope so (let's some real music, instaed of all those prefab cr*p )

[Dis]

Win MX sucks ass . OK maybe because I was too lazy to read the directions. . I hear it can be good if you know how to use it.

I prefer programs where I don't have to read directions. Kazaa lite suits me well.

[BustaMike]

1. Kazaa Lite

2. Hell no, I buy way more stuff now that I can easily preview anything I want to. Filesharing is helping the music industry. The RIAA is just too ****ing stupid to know it.

[Graag]

2. hope so (let's some real music, instaed of all those prefab cr*p )

My sentiments exactly

Oh, and I'm also hoping for some sort of underground cinema movement too, as DV cams become cheaper and better quality and people can share their films over the net.

[Dis]

most people buy less with file sharing programs though. You are the exception to the rule.

The record industries are losing massive amounts of money. Not that I care

[BustaMike]

I would disagree with that. The people that buy less are the people that were spending very little money to begin with. If this means that good artists lose money... ok that's bad, but if it means that your average idiot downloads a Brittney Spears album instead of buying it and the RIAA loses money then great.

[alva]

The record industries are losing massive amounts of money.

IF so, fileshare progs isn't the only thing to blame!!

exhuberant prices,
general bad music designed for 14 year old girls thats constantly being pushed on e v e r y radiostation wordwide 24/7

1. Kazaa Lite

go for the lite plus ++ (something like that)

winmx has better file integrety, but is very slow....
(it's ok when you don't have to worry for capped up/downloads from your ISP, just leave your pc on and on and on)

[orange]

KaZaA Lite
Probably not

[Eli]

DirectConnect and mIRC.

[Hueij]

winmx has better file integrety, but is very slow....

It's also excellent when it comes to finding movies that you will never ever find with Kazaa

[ixnay]

I've given up trying to wrestle with filesharing at college, since most programs are blocked/slowed down to unusable levels. Instead, I use ShareScan to search the shared files on the network and get them quickly, as well as using private mp3 ftps to get more obscure stuff.

[Graag]

where might i find these private ftps? just through net friends?

[ixnay]

Pay $10 and join the something awful forums. They've got an entire forum dedicated to these ftps.

[alva]

Pay $10 and

pfff, where is the fun in that