Limewire

[Kinky Gerbil]

1066 Being someones bitch, he would love it

 

[1066gull]

Only if I was your bitch Kinky.

 

[Del Boy]

Leon Knight scored a first-half hat-trick on his debut to take Swansea City back to the top of League One.
The £125,000 signing from Brighton opened the scoring in the fourth minute with a first-time shot into the corner.

He steered the ball between the legs of Dons goalkeeper Matt Baker for his second, before completing his hat-trick with a 27th-minute header

Nice!

 

[Dover]

TGC. Thanks for the info regarding Limewire, and other P2P providers, however this quote from Q Magazine this month may provide interesting reading.

S. Fredericks from Gateshead asked. "I've heard that copy protected CD's leave something nasty on your computer. Is this true?"

The reply was. "It's a thorny topic, and one you will be hearing a lot about over the comming months. Sony BMG were recently sued by the Sate of Texas over their new XCP copy protection tecnology. Designed to restrict the number of times a CD can be copied to three, the discs automatically install a copy protection program on the users computer-something critics say is "spyware" that can leave gaping holes in a computers security system. The ensuring furore prompted the label to withdraw CDs contaning the technology, maening that your computer is safe. For now.

Having recently brought some new chart discs, I have heard from others that one inparticular, Kate Bush, Aerial, has either not fully copied or missed tracks etc. I therefore wonder that dose the protection part of the original recording be passes on P2P networks. If this is the case could the passing create the "spywear" on those recieving the download.

 

[m20gull]

Once they have completed fining America, and start over here in Europe, please tell me.

Until then, I will carry on.

The BPI have started From the Telgraph

 

[London Calling]

I assume they have gone for the big users, looks like the legal stuff is a its a drop in the ocean.

 

[Billy the Fish]

in Office Space parlance, time at a federal "pound me in the ass" prison.

O/T That is a quality film, never met anyone who's seen it though

 

[Cian]

O/T That is a quality film, never met anyone who's seen it though

Get to know anyone who's ever worked for Intel, HP, Motorola, Microsoft, Google or eBay, it seems to be close to compulsary viewing among those I know.

Anyway, I've got to go find my stapler...

 

[Kent Seagull]

I've given up with Limewire, Shareaze seems a lot better to me. no doubt some techie will come on and tell me I'm wrong but it doesn't seem to come bundled with spyware etc.

 

[The Great Cornholio]

TGC. Thanks for the info regarding Limewire, and other P2P providers, however this quote from Q Magazine this month may provide interesting reading.

S. Fredericks from Gateshead asked. "I've heard that copy protected CD's leave something nasty on your computer. Is this true?"

The reply was. "It's a thorny topic, and one you will be hearing a lot about over the comming months. Sony BMG were recently sued by the Sate of Texas over their new XCP copy protection tecnology. Designed to restrict the number of times a CD can be copied to three, the discs automatically install a copy protection program on the users computer-something critics say is "spyware" that can leave gaping holes in a computers security system. The ensuring furore prompted the label to withdraw CDs contaning the technology, maening that your computer is safe. For now.

Having recently brought some new chart discs, I have heard from others that one inparticular, Kate Bush, Aerial, has either not fully copied or missed tracks etc. I therefore wonder that dose the protection part of the original recording be passes on P2P networks. If this is the case could the passing create the "spywear" on those recieving the download.

I don't think you can pass on spyware via an mp3 but I think the rootkit in question stopped ypu ripping the tracks to mp3 and passing them on in the first place. It also told Sony you were trying to do it. But the rootkit is a program that lives on your hard disk in a hidden directory - not within the mp3 file. I don't think there is anyway of attaching spyware to an mp3.

As someone above said, they are only going after the big hitters - normally the uploaders. So many people use these services that it would be impossible to bring them all to book. But they do also pick on a few people at random to make an example of - like the young girld who downloaded a nursery rhyme in ths States. That's why I stopped using all such services and went with Easynews. Not free but no logging and an https site to boot.

 

[Dave the OAP]

I don't think you can pass on spyware via an mp3 but I think the rootkit in question stopped ypu ripping the tracks to mp3 and passing them on in the first place. It also told Sony you were trying to do it. But the rootkit is a program that lives on your hard disk in a hidden directory - not within the mp3 file. I don't think there is anyway of attaching spyware to an mp3.

As someone above said, they are only going after the big hitters - normally the uploaders. So many people use these services that it would be impossible to bring them all to book. But they do also pick on a few people at random to make an example of - like the young girld who downloaded a nursery rhyme in ths States. That's why I stopped using all such services and went with Easynews. Not free but no logging and an https site to boot.

you really are a bundle of fun aren't you?

 

[bhaexpress]

i used to use limewire but found it kept on mucking up, so i use bearshare now, find its much better.

Agreed.

 

[Hannibal smith]

A lot of this depends upon your ISP. The Copyright infringement lot write to your service providor asking them to supply the address of the user on a specific IP address that is downloading music / films illegally.

Some such as NTL, supply the info. You can then expect a letter on your doormat asking you to desist and to de-install P2P software. Others such as Pipex throw the letters in the bin and you can continue until they find another way of tracking you down.

As TGC says, Best to avoid sharing files which means you are bottom of the food chain in terms of prioirty to get caught.

 

[Pikey]

Limewire is to slow

 

[Dover]

After yesterday and the full problems with uploading, LimeWire was the most prolific in askingh the computer to log on.

Sad to say but LimeWire has now been removed.