how to tell if you have a spiked kazaa file

[rbhawcroft]

according to me:

its from a relatively recent album

the file you are looking at is only available from a handful of broadband connections

all the files in the album are seemingly availbable from a handful of broadband lines

when you check users other shares there is only a limited number of mp3s on there.

you cant play the file when its part downloaded.

or sth like that anyway.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

whats a spiked kazaa file?

 

[Moonbeam]

I think it's one with religious content, but I could be wrong.

It will repeat, THERE IS A GOD THERE IS A GOD, over and over.

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: yamahaXS
whats a spiked kazaa file?

 

[jfall]

Do you mean the ones that keep looping over and over? because I got a few of them, they suck!

 

[DAM]

I think they are the ones the RIAAS is putting out in order to fake dler from getting the right song. They might be the first 15 secs of the song they want but then they are nothing but dead air of just a loop of the same 15 secs. They are supposed to be the same size as the real thing and have the same bit rate and all, kind of a interesting way to stop the mass dling.




dam()

 

[SinnerWolf]

include a release group with your search and you can bypass their attempts easily enough. But of course the easiest way, download 2 or more versions of the song each time you search. Make sure they have different file sizes and sources.

In order to thwart the riaa, when you find a spoofed file, take note of the file size. Different releases of a song will have different file sizes, and home rips vary even moreso. when you download an actual version of the song, change the filename or details of the good file to advertise which files others shouldn't download. i.e...
Metallica - Enter Sandman -- Avoid spoof 3.18MB

Might be too much work...but it's just a thought

 

[kami]

Usually easy to spot since it looks like an AOL kiddy typed up the keywords/description/etc. Sometimes the filenames are all CAPS too. Ridiculous.

 

[iamme]

Is there any evidence that the RIAA is putting these dummy songs out on P2P networks?

 

[Hubris]

Originally posted by: kami
Usually easy to spot since it looks like an AOL kiddy typed up the keywords/description/etc. Sometimes the filenames are all CAPS too. Ridiculous.

Yeah, I've run into that. The "NEW!! UNRELEASED!! ONLY HERE!!" crap is a big red flag.

 

[rbhawcroft]

Originally posted by: iamme
Is there any evidence that the RIAA is putting these dummy songs out on P2P networks?

when you download one change the description, ie the 'filename' which appears in the first column, to: this is a fake, and then people will know, unless RIAA do it to the legit files as well.