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9/22/05

NEWS: How Hard Could it Be?

9/22/05

NEWS: Loopiness

9/22/05

new 8-bit nerdcore track

9/22/05

NEWS: This News Will Change Your Life

9/22/05

brody having a kid [2]

9/22/05

Anticipated Upcoming Records

9/22/05

This years RnR hall of fame....

9/21/05

Favorite Indie Guitar Solo [2]

9/21/05

HEAVY SEALS - Brace Paine + John Wiese

9/21/05

NEWS: Moody Blues

9/21/05

NEWS: Don't Mess With Neil

9/21/05

NEWS: At Least You Know They're There

9/21/05

9/21/05

NEWS: Gorillaz to Play First 'Proper' Gigs

9/21/05

NEWS: "Then I said my baby you gonna be breathless..."

9/20/05

NEWS: Join Us, Or Die

9/20/05

New Skinny Puppy DVD

9/20/05

NOFX appreciation [3]

9/20/05

Band Questionnaire - this is fun [10]

9/20/05

Bedouin Soundclash

9/20/05

Who would you bring back? [3]

9/20/05

AudioScrobbler ? [5]

9/20/05

9/20/05

NEWS: Brian Jonestown Massacre Robbed

9/20/05

NEWS: Details on the First Ever John Peel Day

9/20/05

NOFX or Less Than Jake? [2]

9/20/05

Best Song Intro? [9]

9/20/05

for fans of messed up hip-hop...

9/20/05

New album online.

9/20/05

NEWS: And Now to Present the Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence...

9/19/05

Bon Scott or Brian Johnson? [2]

9/19/05

NEWS: Coldplay Release EP to Benefit Red Cross

9/19/05

NEWS: Antony & the Johnsons win 2005 Mercury Music Prize

9/19/05

NEWS: Scavenging the Depths of Human Misery

9/19/05

my first music video

9/19/05

NEWS: "Who cares about rock and roll when babies can't eat food?"

9/19/05

Best musicians in rock and roll history [6]

9/19/05

NEWS: Transformers: The Movie + Daft Punk [2]

9/18/05

insane music video... starring me!

9/18/05

Suzuki Commercial Music

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NEWS: Join Us, Or Die

Keith

Oklahoma City, OK

August 2002

SEP 20, 2005 10:34 AM

MUSIC: Join Us, Or Die

Peer-to-peer network Grokster, having taken a well-publicized beating before the Supreme Court, is now in talks with the RIAA to convert itself from a adware free service no-one with a brain used to a pay service even fewer people will use:

Grokster has reportedly agreed to be acquired by Mashboxx, a new Sony-backed company that is launching a legal file-sharing service. Mashboxx has also reached out to popular P2Ps such as eDonkey, Morpheus and LimeWire, but those discussions have stalled.

Grokster's lawyer did not comment on the deal, but The Wall Street Journal reported that the tentative agreement calls for Mashboxx to pay a token amount for Grokster and share future revenue from the sale of legitimate downloads.

Mashboxx has a deal with Sony to sell its music and is in negotiations with other labels. The company, which is run by the former president of Grokster, is hoping to launch a test of its service in December.

Other p2p companies may be heading down similar paths, as several popular networks -- LimeWire, WinMX, eDonkey, and Bearshare -- received cease-and-desist letters from RIAA lawyers in recent weeks. Several of the companies targeted have already begun settlement negotiations.

Telltale

USA

May 2004

SEP 20, 2005 11:31 AM

Sharing is caring, fuck the RIAA.

Margot_Dent

Los Angeles, CA

February 2004

SEP 20, 2005 01:01 PM

give me limewire or give me death

padriec

North Brunswick, NJ

November 2004

SEP 20, 2005 01:17 PM

Please don't take away my eDonkey! I'll do anything (except pay of course )

DireChocobo

Fairburn, GA

July 2004

SEP 20, 2005 01:36 PM

Sell out with me tonight. Sell out with me, oh yeah. The record companies gonna give memake lots of money and everything's gonna be alright fucked up.

guitargeek

Shawnee, OK

November 2003

SEP 20, 2005 10:26 PM

Anybody remember Audio Galaxy? That was the best...

JamMessiahJC

Blue Springs, MO

May 2005

SEP 20, 2005 10:56 PM

Soulseek will never die. Best P2P for music ever.

Keith

Oklahoma City, OK

August 2002

SEP 20, 2005 11:05 PM

JamMessiahJC said:

Soulseek will never die. Best P2P for music ever.

Actually, I have no idea how soulseek isn't already shut down. They have a central server, for pete's sake.

JamMessiahJC

Blue Springs, MO

May 2005

SEP 20, 2005 11:18 PM

Keith said:

JamMessiahJC said:

Soulseek will never die. Best P2P for music ever.

Actually, I have no idea how soulseek isn't already shut down. They have a central server, for pete's sake.

Heh, yeah, somehow it slips through the cracks. I'm probably doing damage by bringing it up now. I've gotten so many more albums, not just songs, throughout my life through there than I would ever be able to hear without it.