"If you feel a tinge of guilt every time you illegally download one of your favorite artist's songs from a torrent site, you can now breathe a little easier. As it turns out, some of today's biggest stars are big fans of file sharing technology themselves.

In what is the most curious cause célèbre in the benefit single field of late, major artists such as Kanye West, Diddy, Alicia Keys, Snoop Dogg and even Kim Kardashian have joined their voices together for a song in support of Megaupload, the file sharing service that moves content in massive blocks across the web.

What's particularly interesting about the song is that those singing on the track are doing so despite the fact that the major label record industry reviles Megaupload for the ease with which its music can be pirated by those using the web service. In fact, UMG, which owns labels to which Diddy, Will.i.am and Kanye are all signed, moved to have the video removed from YouTube, with a back and forth on copyright issues ensuing, TorrentFreak reports."


read the rest here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/10/megaupload-music-video-ka_n_1140737.html?ref=entertainment

Well, at least that's settled.>> ^blankfist:

The way juris doctor blankfist sees it, the video content isn't being hosted on nor ever touches the VideoSift servers. The key difference between BT trackers and VS, according to the honorable judge blankfist, is the intent of the service. Whereas trackers are used to assist in peer-to-peer file sharing typically of copyrighted material, VideoSift is meant as an aggregator of material accessible via public and widely accessible video sharing sites.
It's thereby the verdict of the superior court of blankfist that this DCMA claim is bull fucking shit. Case dismissed.

The way juris doctor blankfist sees it, the video content isn't being hosted on nor ever touches the VideoSift servers. The key difference between BT trackers and VS, according to the honorable judge blankfist, is the intent of the service. Whereas trackers are used to assist in peer-to-peer file sharing typically of copyrighted material, VideoSift is meant as an aggregator of material accessible via public and widely accessible video sharing sites.

It's thereby the verdict of the superior court of blankfist that this DCMA claim is bull fucking shit. Case dismissed.

Check this song out, while we are sending wicked songs to each other.

http://www.mrtzc.asia/Listen?a=1230m74684&b=tnuqZ0&c=6fd3b3f92aaf&d=590&artist=08%20Hip%20Service&song=Badaboom%20Badabing

I cant find it on file sharing, but I have the vinyl right beside me sans the ability to play it.

Listen to that dreamy making love in a hammock song and tell me you cant dig it.

I have fond memories of sun on my face and the sound waves making my clothing vibrate.

its 4:44 that gets me

Regarding VNC, I agree with @spoco2 that Ultra is the way to go, though nearly all flavors of VNC support the java applet (including TightVNC). You can also use any VNC client to access your server, including the one that comes with OS X, though it might not support special "Tight" features.

Assuming your server is running Windows, though, you're almost certainly better off using the built-in remote desktop. You can use CoRD or one of the other numerous clients from a Mac.

If you're looking to do things along the lines of @rebuilder's post, I might recommend FreeNAS, which I have been running without incident for roughly a year now. It's managed entirely via web interface. It supports SMB/CIFS (Windows File Sharing), AFP (Apple Filing Protocol), BitTorrent, media streaming to X360/PS3/iTunes/etc, and more. It does SMART monitoring on your hard drive(s) and can even email you if there are problems.

@Deano What is it you were referring to, then? I wasn't intentionally misunderstanding you to make a point...

edit: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/06/file-sharing-has-weakened-copyrightand-helped-society.ars

If you'd like to further educate yourself on the issue rather than just make rhetorical "I've never understood" type statements, go ahead and read that article and some of the comments. Specifically the parts about the purpose of copyright law in the Constitution.

dumb coke whores.

The expansion of their industry is singled handedly (..heh) a result of the evolution of the internet - which includes tube sites and file sharing.

:: weeps for the struggling pornstar family demographic ::

@rosser99

I think it's impractical to think about it as right and wrong anymore. File sharing isn't going away, policing the internet is never going to be plausible or practical, lawsuits are a drop in the ocean and the measures they're using now with having ISPs in certain countries such as France disconnect you on a 3 strikes rule are bound to be circumvented in one form or another. I mean sure, you can have opinions on it either way, but moral arguments won't change the state of things. The real question should be how should the industry adapt?

What record companies should be doing is slimming down by moving towards internet distribution and promotion, and casting a wider net by relying less on one-hit wonders and more to catering to a broad range of niche audiences that they're losing by the throng. Instead they're going in the opposite direction.

I remember reading a thread in a popular music file-sharing hub by an ex-recording industry professional that back-catalogues and collectors editions are where the real dough is made. Many of the 'artists' (I use the term loosely) will be forgotten and never heard of by the end of the year. Plunging sales have meant that record companies have become more concerned with making the quick buck, extract the one hit, and move on. As a result the vast majority of artists are simply not able to develop their musical talent on big-name record companies over time because they're passed on for the next big hit. Similarly bands that are selected and promoted are the ones that have the most broad and banal appeal. You know, the ones that sound like every generic hip-hop song you've heard in last 3 years, the ones that have strippers prancing around during the entire video clip. The problem is, there's a sizable group of people who no longer have any interest in laying down money for this disposable music.

The successful ones are also generally bled dry nowadays. It used to be that live performances and merchandise profits were entirely or mostly in the purview of the artist, now that record companies are having their purse strings tightening, they're extending their contracts to include chips out of these earnings too. It'll be hard to tell what this environment will eventually lead to in terms of mainstream music progression. I think it's inevitable though that the likes of iTunes (which has more or less already adopted this model) will begin to dominate. Perhaps at that point we will see some kind of turning point.

As far as I'm concerned the ability to sample music has meant that I've been able to discover some great bands, and had the opportunity to buy their albums (I tend to buy in 10+ bulk orders every so often) and otherwise support them by going to see their shows. It has also meant that I've only paid good money for albums that stand the test of time and have been able to support bands that genuinely need the monetary support to continue their endeavor rather than reward big-name labels for their exorbitant ad campaigns.

So YEAH! I challenge you to read all that

Also, if you are using limewire or some other peer to peer file sharing application, you better be sure you've never downloaded copyrighted content before reporting to the authorities that you found child porn.

"Yeah, I was downloading a hacked copy of Halo and some movies and some music, and one of them was child porn! I was so shocked, I just had to report it!"

>> ^Throbbin:
Question #1 - Do they mind terribly if we just torrent their music?


Asking them about art vs commerce, copyright, fair use, file sharing, bit torrent, etc. would be great.

I imagine the countries from whence their parents came would not be so tolerant of their behaviour.

It's an appalling lack of respect for the country in which they find themselves which offers enormous opportunities if they wished to seize it. But it seems gang culture becomes an attractive option when you know no one's that bothered to stop it.

Here in the UK I get the impression that stopping illegal file-sharing is more important to the government while knife crime continues to increase.

Part of it is also the changed dynamic in the relationship with children. You can't discipline or interact with children so they become overly empowered and lack boundaries. And then a whole industry springs up to deal with the consequences of their behaviour and we wring our hands wondering what to do.

Dropbox is really nice, but if you need more space the pricing may be too steep. (2GB free, 50GB for $9.99/mo.) As such, it's more of a file sharing service.

Personally, I'm sticking with regular backups to external drive. Several hundred gigabytes of stuff is a little rough for on-line storage.

Well, that was friggen brilliant.

I do enjoy Lilly Allen's stuff, it's catchy and good to listen to indeed. And this... This is a wonderful way to rebut her current cries against file sharing. She seems to be young and quick to become opinionated on something, so maybe she didn't really think it through and maybe things like this might set it straight. Things like people just swearing abuse at her won't, but something this clever, this nicely done... well, how could it not make you think? Or at least smile a bit?

Far too many people take it for granted, without adequate evidence, that file sharing harms sales of small artists, rather than giving them free publicity that increases sales.

http://www.openp2p.com/lpt/a/3015

A great effect of filesharing has been the increased availability of millions of niche works which were previously almost impossible to find. People can't buy your product if they don't even know it EXISTS.

Look how the persecution of Napster increased the media exposure of file sharing to people who didn't know about it before.

Same thing will happen here.