Kazaa ordered to shut down.........

[AdamDuritz99]

<< I almost never bought CD's before because they seemed like a huge waste of money. ~$15 for only one song I really want that gets old really fast anyway. Well, I downloaded all of Linkin Park's latest songs and liked every single song, that I bought my first CD in ages all because of Morpheus. >>



Agreed, i hate buying a 15 cd for a song or two. Only CDs that i ever buy is from bands who support file sharing. but I hardly do that even. I don't know what Linkin Parks take on file sharing, but after hearing every song and liking them all. I had to get the cd.

peace
sean

 

[Jfur]

<< Right...... with sh*t like this you don't buy CD's anyway so what's the point of your ignorant statement?

many people who download mp3s still do buy mp3s. i buy them, as gifts... because it's wrong to give burned cds as gifts

and last i checked, their sales are up, not down. >>



I thik that's wishful thinking -- CD sales are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down

 

[Zwingle]

For those that do not know.....Grockster, Morpheus and Kazaa....are all the same piece of software.....just different brands........each has it's own network of users. A company called Fasttrack made the software and licensed it to others.....

No central server is required, nor do any of the 3 companies have a central server. You are connected to a P2P network of users. There is no way to stop the users from trading copyrighted material.....



<< Distributed Self-organising Network

FastTrack's network topology is a distributed, self-organising network. Neither search requests nor actual downloads pass through any central server. The network is multi-layered, so that more powerful computers get to become search hubs ("SuperNodes"). Any client may become a SuperNode, if it meets the criteria of processing power, bandwidth and latency. Network management is 100% automatic - SuperNodes appear and disappear according to demand. >>

 

[darkjester]

<< Damn.... First Napster, then XoloX, now this... I HATE THE RECORD COMPANIES! I SHALL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CD AGAIN! >>


I think that's what they don't want to hear. Maybe something like:

Leave KaZaA alone... I'LL BUY MORE CD'S IF YOU DO!

Although, they probably won't believe you. Heck, I wouldn't believe ME if I said that.

There'll be another way to share. Someone will find it, and then I'm sure it'll spread like wildfire and the cycle will repeat.

 

[weezergirl]

yes, overall sales have gone up. but in cities where there is a high bandwidth internet connection such as places near college campuses cd sales have gone waaaaaaaaay down. don't kid yourself, they are losing money because of mp3s.

I have to admit that I buy less cds now. But i'm glad, because of the cds i previously bought usually the only good song was the one I bought the cd for. and now they are all gathering dust. what a waste of 15 bucks!

but as for artists such as weezer and many of my other favorite bands I buy their cds to support them even though I also have all of their mp3s. Plus I know i like all of the songs on the cd so it's totally worth it to me. weezer puts mp3s of their music on their website all the time. do u know why? because they have faith in their fans to buy their cds (and most i know do). and most weezer fans don't mind buying their cds because they know that it's not a waste of their money. if other bands can build a fan base like weezer does, and is not only doing it for the money, then mp3s are no threat whatsoever. the key is to make quaility music. not just one track wonders.

 

[kranky]

CD sales in the US dropped 5% in just the first 6 months of this year, compared to the same period last year. That's a lot, considering CD sales have grown every year for the last 10 years. Link.

 

[TallBill]

i've personally bought way more cd's after i was introduced to mp3's...

 

[tonetgs]

the safest way to go post-napster is with a gnutella-based client. with the napster precedent already set, the riaa will eventually put the clamp on all centralized-based clients. i use limewire. bearshare is good as well.

t

 

[sinunbeso]

<< there is always grokster and morpheus. Pretty much the same thing has kazaa. >>



I believe Morpheus and Kazaa are same thing. They only differ on user interfaces. Morpheus is slow these days. Dunno know why.

 

[RoninRXN]

The RIAA will never win. I haven't bought a damn CD since...1994 or something.

They can take down as many of these programs as they like but there will always be more that do it better and faster.

Hey, if you're worried about "No more Kazaa/Morpheus." then check out WinMX. I like this program. Lots of anime on it too but a lot of people are jerks about that. Mp3s are VERY easy to find though since you get more results than 100.

 

[ILikeSprite]

<< I just tryed WinMX but on any search or file i click i get "Busy (Queuable)" WTF.... >>



It means other people are downloading from them and usually means they have maxed out their upload bandwidth.............

 

[gotsmack]

Yea cd sales are down 5%. you have to also take into account the state of the economy. When people suddenly lose their jobs, they stop buying cds.

 

[b0mbrman]

<< Damn.... First Napster, then XoloX, now this... I HATE THE RECORD COMPANIES! I SHALL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CD AGAIN! >>
Because of these services I'm sure you haven't bought a CD in a while anyway.

 

[mpitts]

<< CD sales in the US dropped 5% in just the first 6 months of this year, compared to the same period last year. That's a lot, considering CD sales have grown every year for the last 10 years. Link. >>



Maybe if the price started to come down on new CD's, people would buy them more often.

Personally, I have found a lot of bands that I like by downloading mp3's (Midtown, Good Charlotte, etc). It drove me to purchase MORE CD's.

 

[kranky]

There are always a few people who say they've bought more CDs after d/ling mp3s, but it seems obvious in light of the decline in CD sales that a heck of a lot more people just d/l the mp3s. I believe the difference is that there may be just as many people d/ling music now, a lot more of them have burners. That's why they aren't buying CDs any more.

You think it's because of people losing their jobs? In the first half of this year, the top 10 hit CDs sold 22 million copies. Compared to last year that's over a 50% drop (the top 10 sold 36 million in the first half of last year). That's the Britney Spears, N'Sync, Eminem, etc. albums. The people who lost their jobs aren't the ones buying those albums, it's the 25 and under folks. Most of them have the cash to buy the albums they want.

 

[urameatball]

Shutdown the internet...

WHO'S WITH ME??? come on guys

 

[urameatball]

maybe the decline is due to the fact that CD prices have gone up recently?

well, at least in Canada.

I use to only buy CDs under $14.99... and usually, it isn't too hard to find my CD at this price.

But now, majority of the CDs I want to buy are $16.99+ and I'm not willing to pay that much for them

 

[CornUponCob]

I've never bought a single CD, and if MP3's didn't exsist I just wouldn't listen to music on my computer. I've downloaded over 750 songs with WinMX, Morpheus sucks (and so does kaaza since they're the same thing).

 

[toant103]

my school blocked kazaa