The trick to Soulseek is 'sharing'.Svend said:I wasn't able to crack into Soulseek very easily, it's a closed community that you need to cultivate a bit before you get accepted but it's a great resource once you're in there.
or www.allofmp3.com where you buy for around 10 cents per song (depending on what quality you choose - I like cd quality 320kbps, which costs a bit more, but still not much more than 18-20 cents per song)....never had any bad files, and it has a good search function.MLAM said:...you could just buy the damn things.
It is really worth that much effort to download a song you could buy for 99 cents?
please correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't sites like that generally in places like Russia. And as such, from a copywrite persepctive, aren't they considered pretty much the same thing as the P2P sites like Limewire. Sure you may "feel" good that you've paid somethig for it, but it still isn't a "legal" download.simontemplar said:or www.allofmp3.com where you buy for around 10 cents per song (depending on what quality you choose - I like cd quality 320kbps, which costs a bit more, but still not much more than 18-20 cents per song)....never had any bad files, and it has a good search function.
Good point.hot rod said:please correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't sites like that generally in places like Russia. And as such, from a copywrite persepctive, aren't they considered pretty much the same thing as the P2P sites like Limewire. Sure you may "feel" good that you've paid somethig for it, but it still isn't a "legal" download.
I'm not trying to slag downlaoding music here, just asking if there is indeed a difference?
You're right.hot rod said:please correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't sites like that generally in places like Russia. And as such, from a copywrite persepctive, aren't they considered pretty much the same thing as the P2P sites like Limewire. Sure you may "feel" good that you've paid somethig for it, but it still isn't a "legal" download.
I'm not trying to slag downlaoding music here, just asking if there is indeed a difference?
If I go out and buy a CD, I'll pay $10-$20 for a CD that has 10-20 tracks on it. Of those tracks, I'll probably only like 3 at most. Therefore, I've wasted somewhere along the lines of $7-$17 to get one song that I really wanted (and three tracks that are pretty decent). Even then, the RIAA wants to restrict what I use it for (and the RIAA is usually a bellweather for what the CRIA ends up doing). They argue that I can't burn another copy of the CD for personal use or rip it and put it on my iPod (or other MP3 player).MLAM said:...you could just buy the damn things.
It is really worth that much effort to download a song you could buy for 99 cents?
If you're after torrent stuff, Azerus is a good one too. Just not as good as P2P if no one puts up a torrent to a tracker. Better for more recent or mainstream stuffhungry said:Another good one is bit-comet. You can find it at www.download.com