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MySpace Music Player Hacked

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the we-don't-need-no-steenkin'-players dept.

Roy van Rijn writes to tell us about a little program called MySpace MP3 Gopher, with which you can download any song from MySpace as an MP3 even if it is marked to disable downloading. MySpace MP3 Gopher is a Windows program requiring no installation, and for those not on a Windows box the author offers an online version that anyone can run. It is hosted on his home computer so it is bound to get slashdotted rather quickly. All you need to grab a MySpace song is its "friendID," which is in every URL as a parameter. Tech-recipes has step-by-step instructions.

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  1. It doesn't work.... by Stormx2 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Am I missing something? It fails to grab any listings from any artists. Even the one used in the screenshot. Thats the web version and the desktop one.

  2. Must already be patched by myspace by linuxrunner · · Score: 4, Informative

    I just tried downloading off my buddies band page, just to see how/if it works, and nadda.

    So.. move along, nothing to see here.

    LR

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  3. Doesn't work by SomeGuyTyping · · Score: 2, Informative

    I tried it on four or five differnet artists, none worked.

    Maybe MySpace devs fixed the hole

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  4. Slashdot is always late by Mz6 · · Score: 5, Informative

    The "hack" worked when it was posted to digg about 2 days ago. Looks like it was fixed early this morning.

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    Hmmm.
  5. Re:Makes no sense by NotQuiteInsane · · Score: 2, Informative
    Because not all of the Myspace-hosted stuff is on P2P. A lot of unsigned bands upload their tracks, set them to no-download-allowed, but don't have CDs available. The only option left is to use TotalRecorder or MP3Gopher to grab the tracks.

    Or go to a live show (if any) and smuggle in a Minidisc recorder. I hear that's quite a popular option, too.