Downloading music?

[Teflon]

How do you encrypt downloads. Also, is it possible to throttle my ISP?

Download 'U torrent'. The best Bit Torrent client, and it gives you lots of options, including encryption.

Torrents here: http://www.mininova.org/ (no porn)

[CookMySock]

Do you find the torrents are good
ive only just downloaded a few and there good as far as i can tell

well, my daughter showed me limewire which is a lot faster, but yes there is plenty of content in torrents.

If you really like an album, and you have quality audio gear, then do buy it.. the audio is much clearer.


DB

[Teflon]

If you really like an album, and you have quality audio gear, then do buy it.. the audio is much clearer.


DB

yeah i agree. I have a few SACD's and DVDA discs.. bliss on the right system. CD's and mp3 just don't compare

[Hitcher]

Who downloads music on the net either legaly or p2p

i m just curious
and yes i download all i want for free

Are you perpaired to pay for it or not

Im certainly not

This is not a bashing thread ,very simple answers

Instead of downloading music, try downloading some punctuation and a spell checker.

[homer]

Instead of downloading music, try downloading some punctuation and a spell checker.

thats off topic

[Trow]

The problem is that the authorities are not monitoring the download but rather the upload you do from any bit torrent client or limewire... this in the end will be the undoing of any copyright protected material downloads and they are watching. NZ is becoming a bigger target everyday.
What you want is the ability to download without uploading. this does 2 things, stops the authorites from pinging you on illegal content and 2. save's a bit of your bandwidth (at least a 1/3 of whatever you download) The solution for me has been rapidshare. sign up for an account ($10 a month) and download all the content you want without losing bandwidth! simple.

[homer]

The problem is that the authorities are not monitoring the download but rather the upload you do from any bit torrent client or limewire... this in the end will be the undoing of any copyright protected material downloads and they are watching. NZ is becoming a bigger target everyday.
What you want is the ability to download without uploading. this does 2 things, stops the authorites from pinging you on illegal content and 2. save's a bit of your bandwidth (at least a 1/3 of whatever you download) The solution for me has been rapidshare. sign up for an account ($10 a month) and download all the content you want without losing bandwidth! simple.

That sounds the most sence i've heard for ages , ......oops i need punctuation aparently.


Is that ok
if not it takes to long
That's not aimed at you .

That sounds cool ill look it up

[HondaLad]

I use http://digirama.co.nz Locally owned & operated, easy to use and I know I'm getting a good quality track. I've got the means to pay for it, why add to the problems the music industry is suffering by ripping it for free

[karla]

thats off topic

But seriously funny

[Dargor]

The problem is that the authorities are not monitoring the download but rather the upload you do from any bit torrent client or limewire... this in the end will be the undoing of any copyright protected material downloads and they are watching. NZ is becoming a bigger target everyday.

Have better bandwidth (i know this is hard in nz).
Apart from the bandwidth you "waste" it really doesn't hurt you at all, and if every one uploads a little bit, it can save heaps on server costs.

[homer]

But seriously funny

I guess to ,i thought it was funny

[Animal]

...I'd never heard Alison Krauss before...

Surprisingly, very few people have heard of Alison Krauss and Union Station - or Bluegrass, then they saw that hilarious George Clooney movie, "Brother Where Art Thou".

I found a fantastic website called "Michael Jonathan's Woodsongs Old Time-tadio Hour" a few years ago. Yeah, it's a bit of a mouthful, but here's the story: It' an online radio station that features only Bluegrass. They have an archive with well over 450 past broadcasts, all of which feature one or two Bluegrass artists.

You scroll through the archive list and find an artist or band that appeals to you, and play it at your best modem speed. Like you're doing with Limewire, it gives you a chance to see if you like it before buying the CD. That's what I've done.

The link is: http://www.woodsongs.com/showlist.asp

Check out Chris Thile (broadcast 416) if you want to hear the most amazing mandolin playing imaginable. He leads an amazing band called Nickel Creek.

You're not going to find anything by Alison Krauss and Union Station though. I enquired about this and was told it's something to do with Rounder Records, Alison's label.

Okay, back on topic!

[homer]

ok cool sounds like a something that all the labels should do

I spoke with a fella last night from L.A.
He actually was saying in SOME cases the exploitation of music actually does some good .
For example ,he said about a few of his local bands ,they would do small gigs and not get noticed.
Once they got a recording and then people hear it ,all of a sudden they start to copy it and distribute it ,all of a sudden the record label is missing out .

Guess i dont need to explain when the rest goes
all of a sudden there a known band

He also was saying thats its near impossible to get air time on the radio ,over there apparently you dont just get air time ,you have to be known before you will get any at all .You then more a less go on a waiting list

[scracha]

The problem is that the authorities are not monitoring the download but rather the

Thus my thing about ticking the little box marked "encrypt". Also a good idea to limit the number of upload slots available.

NZ is becoming a bigger target everyday.

Mwaha. Not with our slow broadband speeds and pityful data allowances.

What you want is the ability to download without uploading. this does 2 things, stops the authorites from pinging you on illegal content and 2. save's a bit of your bandwidth (at least a 1/3 of whatever you download) The

Then it's not really peer to peer file sharing is it? 10 bucks a month...pah. If the music industry had a brain they'd be partnering up with ISP's to offer the sort of service you're talking about. Xtra movie plan...download 50GB of movies a month. etc etc.

[SPman]

I've downloaded 1000's of tracks over the years - hell - I've even bought CD's (if I could find them), of artists, whose work impressed., Napster (the original), Audiogalaxy (long ago shafted), and Soulseek, have been my main weapons of musical insemination.
Am I repentant, downloading all this "free" music and doing the recording labels out of a bit of money? Fuckoff!
There's not a lot of obscure '30s Bulgarian folk music being released through the major labels, these days.
And the "client" with 135,000 blues tracks and videos on his computer, hasn't minded in the least, with the 1000 or so tracks I've downloaded.
Or the chap with several hundred pre 1910 recordings on his.
So - the RIA can attempt to sue me if it wants, but , frankly, I don't give a shit!