Strange Sound, Screeching Songs...et Cetera

[LostKid]

I can't believe I read the whole thing -- I tried to download Reality and was much dismayed upon the realisation that all eleven tracks were nothing but sardonic silence trailing thirty-some seconds of The Jean Genie. Someone on page eight of this massive thread related something similar.
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Okay, I just downloaded Go to sleep and got a earful of screeching clicks. Nice.
Just great. I wonder... How much of the fifteen bucks cds sell for these days actually goes to the artists? I wonder if it's more or less than what the INDUSTRY spends on defacing the music and fighting its freedom.

[wormless]

get another download prog (e.g. winmx e.t.c.) an run kazza 2 and compare em

[NinjaAndHippo]

Here's what I say...
When you tape a song off the radio, you're getting a free copy of a song you like without the record label caring. When you download a song off the internet, you're getting a free copy of a song, and the RIAA sues you for thousands of dollars, even if you're only twelve years old (Haven't heard? Click here.) What's the difference? Sure, it's better quality, but so is the upgrade from VHS to DVD or tiVo. So f*ck off RIAA. Too bad technology passed you by, how bout you stop crying about it.

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by NinjaAndHippo@20 September 2003 - 05:41
Here's what I say...
When you tape a song off the radio, you're getting a free copy of a song you like without the record label caring. When you download a song off the internet, you're getting a free copy of a song, and the RIAA sues you for thousands of dollars, even if you're only twelve years old (Haven't heard? Click here.) What's the difference? Sure, it's better quality, but so is the upgrade from VHS to DVD or tiVo. So f*ck off RIAA. Too bad technology passed you by, how bout you stop crying about it.

when you record content from radio (which is illegal depending on local laws), it has been paid for (by radio station)
when you dl the same song from internet, only one person has paid for it (a small amount of money), so the record company loses out a lot more...

[Adster]

Well when I first started downloading I was under teh empression that it was only illegeal if you sold it and made money out of it yourself

[Rogue Warrior]

Originally posted by Adster@20 September 2003 - 06:05
Well when I first started downloading I was under teh empression that it was only illegeal if you sold it and made money out of it yourself

My music teacher was explaining that they only go after people that burn them and sell them. But she knows shit about technology. I have been using KaZaA for about a year or so and never had this fuckin problem and it pisses me off! I was thinkin it was the RIAA, too. If they have their panties in a bunch over all this shit, then why dont they just shut down the source? Christ they're all a bunch of dumb asses.

[billyfridge]

if you are downloading celine dion the noise is normal

[Adster]

agreed

[chinook_apache]

hey all. yeah i got that too. the screeching got me really p***@@'d off. it happens when i try to download the new mp3 tracks. i would guess its the riaa. no offence but k-lite has got pretty crap with all these viruses spyware mpaa and riaa going on. i have ditched kazaa lite and gone for shareaza which lets me download bt files and ed2k files get that ppl k-lites gone poop!

[Celerystalksme]

Originally posted by billyfridge@21 September 2003 - 14:28
if you are downloading celine dion the noise is normal