P2P File Swapping on the Rise Again?

asdf 101 writes "News.com reports today that 'After six months of declines, peer-to-peer usage recently climbed 14 percent.' Their bottomline: 'The decline came as the RIAA launched more than 300 lawsuits against file swappers. The reversal cast doubts on the music industry's claims that its lawsuits are working to deter people from illegally downloading music files.' I guess wake_up_and_smell_the_coffee time just gets that much more imminent for all the hacks at RIAA." There's also an AP story, and you might want to review this story from just a few weeks ago that has different conclusions.

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MOD PARENT UP!!!

[jeffkjo1]

MOD PARENT UP!!!!! He makes an excellent point that the article fails to make

OT: Any good players like ModPlug Player?

[antdude]

This a bit off-topic, but related to the parent reply. Are there any good players in Linux and MacOSX? I don't mean XMMS because its engine sucks for MOD, S3M, 669, etc.

I use ModPlug Player in Windows. It has all sorts of goodies. It even clears up some of the old tunes even for a three years old player! I wished Winamp and XMMS used this player for the plugin.

Here is my favorite tunes in my collection. :)

Re:What?! You mean

[teetam]

How is this off topic? Mod parent up.

My post, on the other hand, is off-topic. But, I have karma to burn!!!