Thanks for a thoughtful note. I completely agree that downloads should be limited to previews, and my belief is that they will eventually indeed be. We are currently in a stage where the transactional model of music sales and purchase is changing, and change is always a bit more dramatic than necessary. Look at the astounding success of iTunes and all the others, it is a good harbinger of people's willingness to pay in the right amounts. This is a lot more palatable to consumers than having 10–15 songs (on a regular CD) forced down their throat for a pre-determined lumpsum price, even if only a couple of songs turn out to be enjoyable.

Cheers,
Shashank

Would there be wholesale copying of some of these files if people could afford the music, movies, etc? See, I think this is about dollars… not about FREEDOM. '

Let's face it… this is intellectual property… and artistic property. In my day, I only owned ONE Beatles album… WHY? I couldn't justify spending what little money I had on music. ISn't that what this is about NOW?

So, people are wrong to take this music to entertain themselfs with (though I do think there is no harm with downloading and PREVIEWING IT… and only buying the stuff you really like. ). OR am I wrong.

I know now I own all the beatles stuff on CD! OF course, when your an adult making all the money you need and then some, it just makes no sense to sit in front of a computer mp3ing all night, does it. So I splurge.. and I buy…

Now tell me, if you younger folks had, let's say, six figures a year coming in to you… would you still stay up late downloading MP3's??? Would you?

I doubt it… it is about money. I find that is the case (besides previewing songs) about 90% of the time. The newvartec dot com website is a portal site for granting access to career options in this field. You see what I mean. http://www.newvartec.com But that is for folks that want to work.

We will always have people.… like my uncle… who is perfectly capable, yet hasn't worked in 40 years! Sad. And the teens that don't want to improve their life, well those people are going to be like my uncle… downloading illegal stuff well into his 60's.

Or so it seems to me. Your thoughts?

From there you can learn all about how to access "fserves" and all the stuff you will need. For the person who wants to know how to view the smr movies once downloaded you have to have the smr codec. You can get it from either one of the smr movie web pages or just search on http://www.google.com for "smr codec".
SmR movies are compressed in a proprietary video compression format which requires the proper codec to view these movies. The SmR codec is just a hacked up version of DiVX and is not as good especially since the file sizes are exactly the same.

But all that aside that is all the info you need. IRC is the key!!!!!!

"Among the RIAA's recent targets is retiree Ernest Brenot, 79, of Ridgefield, Washington, who wrote in a handwritten note to a federal judge that he does not own a computer nor can he operate one."

Read the whole article here—>
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/12/04/downloading.music.ap/

PS, How do you think the artists were ripped off before the Internet came along…Could it be …MMmmm …Record Industry lawyers?

Why does someone living in America still not stop sharing files, even with the MPAA breathing down my neck?because of my beliefs. because of the 8 year-old little girl from new york. you dont know? well, i heard that an 8 year-old girl, who's parents are poor, downloaded 2 50 cent songs from the internet, was discoverd my the RIAA and charged with 300,00 U.S. dollars. her parents, total make about 50,00 dollars in a year. so they could not pay, they can barly make house payments, and keep there daughtor fed and clothed. the RIAA has taken them to court demanding that they pay, all at once, all "damages and copyright-infringment". the case is still undecided by the judge. so i fileshare for the 8 year old girl who cant pay 300,00 dollars to the RIAA. i fileshare because knowledge is not bound by any law in any country, i fileshare because knowledge is power to be shared by all to all who seek it.

–The Engine of Hate–

You know, i have gotten a few emails from local friends of mine about an argument i have gotten myslef into with a member of the senior team here on the site, and they ask me why i have done what i have done. i cant tell you, i cant tell myself, but ill be damed if i let anyone walk ontop of me. i cant, too much pride on the line here to do that. to be perfectly honest with you, i love that type of stuff, as in being hated. i am a christan by birth, and hate is someting i dont have too much of, so i guess i seek it elswere. i see adversity as a good firend of mine, i love the look on peoples faces who say i cant do this, or could never achieve that, after they see i have done it. that not only gives me pride, but also shows me that i am not weak. shows me that i am enough of a man to stand and fight for my right to say something you might not like, even if i am alone. i am alone, i guess, but i still will stand, even if it means my banishment from any P2P forum.

so, what can be said? nothing. but i ask all who read this, Share. do not disable shairing in Kazaa E-donkey or any other network. if it means you are sued, at least you will be able to see for yourslef what a greedy orginizations such as the MPAA and the RIAA can do. you can see that 8 year old girl from new york, you can see for your self what greed can drive pople to do.

even, if in the end, this whole site and all others related to it are taken down, it will only grow. lets look at what happend to napster before it was finally stopped. they have already cast a public light on the whole P2P issue, and it contenues to grow. had they shut there mouths, respectable people whould have downloaded 1 song from a CD, thought that they liked it and actually purchesed the CD from a local music store, but now i see what they have in mind, and will rather download the entire CD. so what, they still make something like 30 billion U.S dollars a year, and insed of living a life of complete comfert, they only get a life of semi-complete comfert. excuse me, but i work 40 hours a week to earn my money, these people put out one album a year and live off from that, never lifting a finger.

this is for all those people who know what i mean, which is most i assume. i think that most people are like that, working 40 hours a week, some probably more, in order to provide for their loved ones or just make a little money. they dont fly in privet jets they own and have a 500,00 Dollar car, and have just as much put into "Rimz and Tirez".

so if the FBI serves a search warrent on my house, and i am arrested and convected of copyright laws, would it matter? no, i am just a drop in the bucket, so to speak. but time has run short this saturday evening, so i must go. more on this purhaps, later.