That's yet to be seen of AllOfMp3. I'm pretty sure they're paying all the necessary dues that are required in Russia. If not then a civil suit will shut them down pretty soon.
Well, since everyone is bitching about the CherryOS code getting "stolen" and their rights "violated," I guess Slashdot has now taken the position that P2P piracy is wrong. Suddenly, they see what it's like when someone's material is copyright infringed, and they don't like it. They're even talking about suing them...just like the RIAA does with individual infringers.
So I guess the answer is yes, Slashdotters would pay five cents for a song rather than pirate music. Unless they are either hypocrites, or extremely cheap. But it seems suddenly Slashdotters' positions have changed overnight on copyright infringement, all because instead of a faceless corporation that has contracts with starving artists who don't get paid when you rip off their music, it's some GPL project.
The hypocrisy here is sickening. Posting anon because I have a feeling this could get modded down for speaking out...but I just had to speak my mind. Thanks.
Yes...last time I checked the Slashdot Hive Mind's position on copyright infringement did change overnight. That was very insightful of you to pick up on it.
It is a good thing you did post anonymously. I hope you also used either an open 802.11 connection (with a wireless card that you stole or can't be tracked back to you) or at least bounced your connection across 3 or more anonymous proxies. If not, I fear your life may be in danger.
Take care my friend and don't let the man keep you down! Keep up the good fight!
I do realize and thanks for the heads up. I've read a lot about whether or not its legal to purchase music from it or not (being a US citizen) and I'm not convinced it's illegal. Many seem to agree to the "illegal" side of the argument because it sounds too good to be true, but that isn't enough to convince me.
Never had that problem. Was it the VIP (free music once you've paid for other music) section or was it the regular stuff? The "VIP" stuff is music others have sent them and I generally don't download that stuff since I expect it to be only slightly better than P2P quality (as far as source, tagging, etc goes).
I've never gotten a problem with mis-tagged stuff that I had to pay for.
Sound quality. If they were doing that then the artifacts would be pretty obvious. The only problems I've ever had with AllOfMp3 (I've gotten a lot of music from them) is some downloads chop off at the end.
Are you hinting at some sort of anti-Microsoft bias here on/. ?? I mean, that sounds pretty outrageous to me but it really seems like that's what you're getting at.
If you're going to make such subtle accusations, please sir, provide evidence!
Stupid mod. Is there a referral link in my post? No, there's no link at all. It's not a referral system, and it's not offtopic. Idiot.
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Are you talking about color iPod Minis or just color 4-6gig players?
There are no color iPod minis yet...
But I definately agree with you about the color screen comment. I *just* got a 40gig iPod 4th gen and I'd exchange it for a 30gig iPod photo in a heartbeat (I wouldn't be so eager to switch if I *had* 40gigs of music of course.
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Yea....I think it's a good price though, but maybe not great/killer. For some reason I thought the Rio/Creative options were $300. But still, when you consider their (Rio/Creative) 5gig players are $250....then the 4gig iPod mini for $200 makes a lot of sense (from a marketing perspective).
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If you don't mind waiting a while, the eMarketResearchGroup free iPod offer works. I got mine (after a few months, but that's because ColumbiaHouse took a long time to verify).
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Guess that disproves the old adage "any publicity is good publicity
That's yet to be seen of AllOfMp3. I'm pretty sure they're paying all the necessary dues that are required in Russia. If not then a civil suit will shut them down pretty soon.
Yes...last time I checked the Slashdot Hive Mind's position on copyright infringement did change overnight. That was very insightful of you to pick up on it.
It is a good thing you did post anonymously. I hope you also used either an open 802.11 connection (with a wireless card that you stole or can't be tracked back to you) or at least bounced your connection across 3 or more anonymous proxies. If not, I fear your life may be in danger.
Take care my friend and don't let the man keep you down! Keep up the good fight!
I do realize and thanks for the heads up. I've read a lot about whether or not its legal to purchase music from it or not (being a US citizen) and I'm not convinced it's illegal. Many seem to agree to the "illegal" side of the argument because it sounds too good to be true, but that isn't enough to convince me.
Yes, I would pay 5 cents a song and I currently do thanks to some kind Russians. =)
Never had that problem. Was it the VIP (free music once you've paid for other music) section or was it the regular stuff? The "VIP" stuff is music others have sent them and I generally don't download that stuff since I expect it to be only slightly better than P2P quality (as far as source, tagging, etc goes).
I've never gotten a problem with mis-tagged stuff that I had to pay for.
I should note, it's very rare when a download chops off at the end. Probably 4 out of 1500+ downloads I have seen this with.
Why do 50+ window managers exist? Why do KDE *AND* Gnome exist when XFCE is so much faster?
Why do YOU exist when I already exist?
Yes, that is a great feature that I am suprised doesn't get mentioned more. Truly can listen before you buy.
Sound quality. If they were doing that then the artifacts would be pretty obvious. The only problems I've ever had with AllOfMp3 (I've gotten a lot of music from them) is some downloads chop off at the end.
Don't be so bitter. You'd have a happier life if you just ignored those things that bother you so much.
*hurls stone*
Probably so...."one of the best" could mean that it never lets packets through that you have the rules set to not let through. Heh.
Give me QoS with pf on FreeBSD anyday.
Do you have XP's firewall turned on for your outside network connection?
Are you hinting at some sort of anti-Microsoft bias here on /. ?? I mean, that sounds pretty outrageous to me but it really seems like that's what you're getting at.
If you're going to make such subtle accusations, please sir, provide evidence!
Rarely do I laugh out loud at Slashdot comments. I didn't laugh at this one either.
Ok, actually I did.
You mention ASP. Have you looked at ASP.NET?
American readers? Didn't you hear? Slashdot outsourced its readers to India. Half of us are IN New Delhi!
Software for groups, duh.
Stupid mod. Is there a referral link in my post? No, there's no link at all. It's not a referral system, and it's not offtopic. Idiot.
Are you talking about color iPod Minis or just color 4-6gig players?
There are no color iPod minis yet...
But I definately agree with you about the color screen comment. I *just* got a 40gig iPod 4th gen and I'd exchange it for a 30gig iPod photo in a heartbeat (I wouldn't be so eager to switch if I *had* 40gigs of music of course.
Yea....I think it's a good price though, but maybe not great/killer. For some reason I thought the Rio/Creative options were $300. But still, when you consider their (Rio/Creative) 5gig players are $250....then the 4gig iPod mini for $200 makes a lot of sense (from a marketing perspective).
If you don't mind waiting a while, the eMarketResearchGroup free iPod offer works. I got mine (after a few months, but that's because ColumbiaHouse took a long time to verify).
Got a 40gig 4th Gen iPod. Total cost was ~$70.
Well, that's the end of Apple. I guess I'll go throw my free ( thank you eMarketResearchGroup ) 40gig iPod away now.
Exactly what I was thinking. They've got a complete lineup now. And, $200 for the 4gig mini...is it just me or is that a killer price?