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Napster Alternatives Coming Strong
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?
What's the link to the Morpheus client? (please)
Factoid: It's been mentioned that this is the third larges public uprising behind the 55mph speed limit and prohibition.
(I believe the above is attributed to Clay Shirkey)
"Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus."
No shit. If ever there was a need to mod a submission down, this would be it.
Not to mention that AIDS drugs right now don't save lives, since they don't cure it. Instead, they keep the patients alive longer, during which they can infect others if they so choose. *shrug*
Education with respect to prostitution and the consequences of unprotected promiscuity would be more worthwhile.
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
If you bought it for $100,000 and later sold it for $480,000, yes.
No, Thursday's out. How about never - is never good for you?
People think CDs are to expensive. The action of not buying music because you want to send a message to the record company is flawed in todays culture.
As a teen it's almost expected that you listen to music. This combined with people's need to fit in is the reason people download songs off the internet.
If you never saw a movie you'd never be able to understand why some people say the things they do. As a kid I didnt have cable, it took me over 7 years to realize all the jokes that my friends repeated were skits from saturday night live. People can't stop learning culture or it will make them social outcasts.
That being said, the reason I pirate music is because without it I would become uncultured. Imagine if you were talking to someone about september 11th and you didn't see the world trade centers fall and you didnt see all the people holding up signs looking for loved ones. Your emotional tone would be different than popular culture and Im willing to bet the person you were speaking to would get the impression that you were a heartless bastard because of your lack of culture.