File sharing no longer working

kevinberry1 · Post by **kevinberry1** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 5:01 pm

I tried to download some music from winmx last night (save the criticism) and I was unable to find any users or files. Has anyone heard whether the recent supreme court ruling on file sharing has shut this site down? Or if you use minmx can you provide some help? Thanks.

Post by **GlassWolf** » Sun Jul 03, 2005 12:20 pm

why would anyone care what the supreme court says>?
most of the kids on p2p are in Romania anyway haha

kevinberry1 · Post by **kevinberry1** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:17 am

That's true, but the Supreme court ruled that the companies that distribute the p2p software or operate the websites can be sued by the record companies if they allow users to share music. I think it is an absurd way to curb what they see as illegal activity. Why don't they just lower the price of all CD's to $9.99, then most people wouldn't hassle with downloading music. I don't know, there has to be some better solution....

Post by **GlassWolf** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:28 am

that's like saying if everybody sold cars cheaper, nobody would steal cars.. not really a rational argument albiet I agree that the music industry is a bit out of control as well.

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:03 am

Its more of a hassle to walk into the store than to simply download a song or entire CD of a p2p network.

If they want to do something they should have it setup at 99 cents per song, have them easily accesible and in a format that is good quality and easily transimitable.

When they first pay for music sites opened I bought two songs @ 99 cents each. They download as wma files. These songs were only good on THAT computer, were not transferable and after a format were useless.

IMHO waste of $1.98!

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:48 am

kevinberry1 wrote:Why don't they just lower the price of all CD's to $9.99, then most people wouldn't hassle with downloading music.

I think they should. What they charge is outrageous. I went to Circuit City the other day for their sale on CD's at $9 each. That IMO is a very fair price.

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:10 am

William from NOLA wrote:I think they should. What they charge is outrageous. I went to Circuit City the other day for their sale on CD's at $9 each. That IMO is a very fair price.

indeed, who the hell wants to pay $20 for a fucking 12 track CD with an intro and outro and a few skits? you get like 6 songs for the price of like $3 each.

The only CDs i don't mind paying for are like older three 6 and hard to find stuff.

edit:also, i mianly buy my music anyway.t he only CDs i've downloaded recently are B Gizzle, and thats because im saving my money for my car.

Scarrell · Post by **Scarrell** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:45 am

download Soul Seek http://www.slsknet.org

audiofreak12 · Post by **audiofreak12** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:03 pm

[quote="Basstronics"]Its more of a hassle to walk into the store than to simply download a song or entire CD of a p2p network.

It's not when you have pokey ass dialup...I could drive to wal-mart(30 min. away) buy the cd, go eat somewhere and comeback home, and still wouldnt have the whole song, allowing that the internet didnt disconnect anyway lol...

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:34 pm

I know what you mean...

But if your not in a hurry, like myself, time isnt a big issue.