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Shifting From P2P To Stream Ripping

Posted by timothy on from the too-bad-it's-such-a-pain dept.

An anonymous reader submits "As users continue to try fending off the ever more litigious music industry, some seem to have dropped P2P entirely, moving to ripping instead. While they lose some control over what they are downloading, it's a untraceable way to download music (no way for the RIAA to track users or sue). With some of the more powerful software that's been coming out recently, stream ripping has become more main-stream. Some of the more well known software packages, like StationRipper, allow users to download several thousand songs on a daily basis. And, depending on how you read the law, it's 100% legal. How will the RIAA respond? As more users move to this type of technology to avoid the P2P lawsuits, how will the music industry respond?"

7 of 577 comments (clear)

  1. This is THE stupidest thing i've ever heard by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    With P2P media is:
    On demand.
    Whatever quality you want.
    Limited only by connection speed.
    Easy.
    Searchable.
    And so on.

    Screw stream ripping!

  2. Re:In Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    streams rip you, moron.

  3. Re:In Soviet Russia by Fazer · · Score: -1, Troll

    You mean In Soviet Russia, streams rip you! Oh and in Soviet Russia, Girls like you!

  4. Re:In Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    actually that would be the obvious conversion

    you rip streams
    flips to
    streams rip you
    but more clever and inspiring visions of humans experiencing faster then light travel is the conversion the original poster used:

    "rip streams you"

    so it wasn't the standard flip/flop conversion, which would have not been funny.

    hence his was funny, cause it WAS NOT the standard conversion.

    hence the mod up.

    so smart ass, YOU FAIL IT.

  5. Re:In Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Heh... that's a novel twist on the old tired joke format. But it probably only works when the two words can be both nouns and verbs. A well done, funny "in soviet russia" joke! As an example, consider the "in soviet russia" version of "you pack shit":

    In Soviet Russia, shit packs you!

    This brings on a whole other meaning when you swap the words:

    In Soviet Russia, packs shit you!

    Yeah, a nice twist I'll say! :)

  6. Re:Just make sure... by blackmonday · · Score: 1, Troll

    I know how to fix that issue - buy the CD's instead.

  7. Re:In Soviet Russia by notasheep · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yes - the lumpy, smelly, and hairy girls like you.

    --
    Your mind looks a little cramped. Why don't you stretch it a little?