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Napster Alternatives Coming Strong

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the who's-surprised-by-that dept.

viking099 writes "File swapping programs such as Morpheus, Grokster, and Kazaa (all based on the same software from FastTrak) have grown over 480% in the past 4 months, and are set to break the 1.57 million concurrent connection record that Napster set." So who exactly is surprised by this?

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  1. SHHH!!! by SpookComix · · Score: 5, Funny
    Quiet down!

    I make it a point to not tell most people I know about Morpheus. Why? Because it works, it's fast, I can find almost everything I search for, and most of all, they're not yet attracting enough attention to get shut down by the court system!

    So please, for the good of those of us who use and enjoy the service, let's just keep this our little secret, ok?

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  2. In other news... by shayne321 · · Score: 4, Funny

    INTERNET PORN REMAINS POPULAR

    SAN FRANCISCO, CA (reuters) - Despite a sagging U.S. economy and a war in progress overseas, the Internet Porn Industry is going strong says Mark Johnson, spokesperson for Web Association of Nude Knowledge (WANK). Johnson cites Americans' commitment to supporting U.S. companies in this time of need as the primary drive behind this continued popularity.

    "People simply want to fulfill their duty as citizens", says Johnson.

    Since the Sept 11th attacks the porn industry has faced increasing pressure as more companies have continue to lay off employees. With less disposable income, analysts feared citizens would direct their money towards drugs, or hookers rather than the traditional staples of booze and porn - but so far those fears have prooved groundless.

    "Like, I was so scared, I called my coke-dealer and told him I may have to cut back my habit", says Misty Rayne, actress for Vivid Productions, Inc, known for her gang-bang of 500 tri-sexual midgets in 1999. Fortunately Mrs. Rayne has not been forced to reduce her 5 grams a day coke habit.

    In this time of need, Americans have answered the call to arms. God bless America.

    Shayne

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  3. Re:GPL and Napster-like things by pcmills · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess you need this plugin

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  4. Re:Streaming Audio.. by b1t+r0t · · Score: 3, Funny
    Nice sound bite, but completely missing the point behind collecting MP3s vs streaming. The point is to have your own copy, rather than being at the mercy of someone who a) spoon-feeds to you what they want you to hear, and b) can, like the Ministry of Truth (Orwell's, not the band), declare any music that you want to hear as non-music and deny you access to it for all time.

    Never forget the fable of the programmers and the ASCII pr0n. When an ASCII picture of a naked woman appeared on the mainframe, all the programmers printed out a copy, except one. He punched a deck of cards. Sure enough, the file was discovered by management and deleted. Then while the other programmers were stuck with their fading printouts, the one programmer still had his deck of cards and could print the naked woman any time he wanted to.

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  5. Re:Just am matter of time... by rlowe69 · · Score: 3, Funny

    ..until they are killed by legal actions.

    And it's also just a matter of time before a newer, better system comes along and takes over in the quashed system's place.

    Would GNUtella (an arguably superior technology compared to Napster) or Kazaa be as popular as they are if Napster was still around? Maybe, but I doubt it.

    If anything the RIAA is doing us a favour by spurning innovation in peer to peer technology. Geez I love irony.

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