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12 Dec 05 - 11:08 AM (#1625652) Subject: Free Music Download Advert on Mudcat From: gnu I see the subject advert at the bottom of the forum page. The link is this. I did not try it.... IS this legal? |
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12 Dec 05 - 11:28 AM (#1625667) Subject: RE: Free Music Download Advert on Mudcat From: Joe Offer Yeah, it does sound kind of fishy. You have to pay a membership fee, but then apparently it's "sharing" of music files with other members. The ad comes from Google - they pay us to run the ads, and that helps support Mudcat. -Joe Offer- |
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12 Dec 05 - 11:28 AM (#1625668) Subject: RE: Free Music Download Advert on Mudcat From: Stilly River Sage I detest those kinds of sites that have their web page programmed to take over your browser and reset the size and such. Just for that alone I wouldn't deal with the place. They're in your face. SRS |
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12 Dec 05 - 11:58 AM (#1625693) Subject: RE: Free Music Download Advert on Mudcat From: Bill D well, SRS, I never see that sort of thing happen, because I use 'protection'....mostly in the Proxomitron. The site Joe links just opens normally and makes way too many offers...(so's to speak) They have a disclaimer which says "Share Responsibly File sharing is not illegal so long as you abide by all relevant copyright laws. Sharing copyrighted material without the permission to do so is illegal." Right! Then they make lots of stuff available and say "it's up to YOU to make sure what you take doesn't upset anyone!" *tsk*...It won't upset Clinton Hammond, it will bother Big Mick....YMMV |
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12 Dec 05 - 01:19 PM (#1625720) Subject: RE: Free Music Download Advert on Mudcat From: gnu I didn't think so. I have used such a site to download some old songs I miss because my LP's are scratchy or my cassette tapes are worn. I have even downloaded some tunes to see if I would consider buying a CD of an artist I have seen on the TV. However, I would not use it to steal music. |
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12 Dec 05 - 01:52 PM (#1625739) Subject: RE: Free Music Download Advert on Mudcat From: Lancashire Lad Looks to me like yet another file sharing site. Artists never receive any payment and users are thrown open to large amounts of viruses. If you conscience allows, use with care and plenty of anti virus software! LL |