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# Napster started what?
The sooner all these popular bit torrent sites are closed the better. The internet savvy can get on with sharing files the fastest and most anonymous way they have always done for the last 30 years. We can do without millions of teenage kids stealing music and bringing the subject into the news every week.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Thu 31 Jan 2008, 20:26, archived)
# true
but as i said you can't stop it now
muhahahaha etc...
(gobbledegook blurs the line between lurking and stalking, Thu 31 Jan 2008, 20:27, archived)
# of course it will stop.
The protocol has already been hijacked for commercial distribution and the torrent indexing sites are dropping like flies under legal pressure. Once there are no more large indexing sites then you will have a few badly seeded files on obscure sites when someone who has taken it from an ftp dump or newsgroup can be bothered to put it out there.
Scene distributors have already stopped supporting the torrent groups by no longer posting releases. It will die a slow and lingering death because it has been doing since before demonoid went.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Thu 31 Jan 2008, 20:32, archived)
# yes but
i was talking more about the ethos of file sharing really
(gobbledegook blurs the line between lurking and stalking, Thu 31 Jan 2008, 20:34, archived)
# It suprises me that there are so many,
alot of people i know don't even know what torrents are.
(I helped save b3ta! Cae1, Thu 31 Jan 2008, 20:29, archived)
# oh shut up grandad
(I helped save b3ta! mr horrible up yours, dickface, Thu 31 Jan 2008, 20:32, archived)
# ^this
arf
(gobbledegook blurs the line between lurking and stalking, Thu 31 Jan 2008, 20:37, archived)
# I still don't get why these kids do it so casually
they're downloading music that they like, by artists they like. Surely if you like the music or the artist you should give them some cash/support by buying the cd?

I'm all for try before you buy, but that just isn't what the masses do. No wonder the world is utterly fucked if it is beeing populated by people with no respect even for the people they admire.

(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 31 Jan 2008, 20:41, archived)
# I buy CDs!
(I helped save b3ta! Killerkitti Like my coffee black, just like my metal, Thu 31 Jan 2008, 20:43, archived)
# Yay!
awards a pat on the back and commends your parentage upbringing for instilling a sense of right and wrong ;)
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 31 Jan 2008, 20:44, archived)
# I buy CDs, but I'm a hoarder.
 
if all you've got is mp3 files on a hard drive, you can't look at your bookshelf and go fuck me I've got a lot of CDs.
and obviously if you don't back-up your files, well..
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Thu 31 Jan 2008, 20:47, archived)
# I'm the same way.
As soon as I've settled down a bit I can put up a mighty shelf of CDs and be proud.
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Thu 31 Jan 2008, 20:48, archived)
# ^this^
with bells on
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 31 Jan 2008, 20:49, archived)
# Nice rant.
Personally I like to own the physical CD, so I tend to buy anyway.
The internet is very good for discovering new bands, but downloading an entire discography of an artist is outright theft.
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Thu 31 Jan 2008, 20:45, archived)