Music Downloaders beware : The heat is on in S'pore, too

hey pemu thanks for the suggestion.. trying out winmx now...

Wow... I seriously didn't know it's ttthhhhattt serious...
I admit I don't read the papers...
though I remembered there was a court case against Kazaa? But I remembered reading in Computer Times later that it was resolved?
Other than Winmx, I'm also using Kazaa Lite, is it safe? :(

I watch tech tv last week on Astro....
if you go to tech tv website...there are list of name that been target of downloading illegally on internet...
these name are detected by "i donno what company"...but same like police except it's cyber police who can check your IP address and send to our local internet provider and then ask them to block our IP....but i donno if it work...
not only that...they also will give our IP to their client who want to take court action againgst us (downloader)....
so now beware when downloading on internet....

now i stop any downloading whatever kind of software/anything that available now....
coz this company is very good in their job...

winmx...isn't that good...that's wat i heard
veri diff to get asian songs movies etc......

they are really trying to suck the fun out of the internet. Prettty soon it might not be a place of free ideas and what ever happen personal privacy. I don't think they have the rights to track what website i visit or what i dl. If i like a song or an artist i usually go out and buy their stuff.

Pemu wrote:

windrider wrote:hey pemu, irc jpop? can tell me about some of them?

Try #jpop@galaxynet

hey i know about that... but that one is rather sucky as in its range of songs are pretty pathetic... slow at getting new songs and doesnt have the old ones too. Any other good ones?

1. Artists now bathe with a tub full of money...greedy bastards :angry:
2. Cds costs so much...when the cost of production is probably very low....dun they have enough money?
3. They give the "all our hard work wasted and not appreciated" bullshit..
their living in mansions while some ppl are working their asses off to survive...

I come from Malaysia....I hope they wun check it over here...But i have kazaalite and it's funny cause i've been using it more after they started this fining thing :)

Aki wrote: I'm also using Kazaa Lite, is it safe? :(

Kazaa lite=Kazaa. Kazaa lite is a hacked version of Kazaa. the Spyware components have been removed in Kazaa lite.

Joyce wrote:winmx...isn't that good...that's wat i heard
veri diff to get asian songs movies etc......

Dunno for them. I dun download movies off WinMx. WinMx is the best P2P for Jpop in my opinion :) As for the Asian movies, try Emule I hear it's superb for downloadin Asian movies! If you're familiar with IRC, IRC is a superb source for Jpop and not to mention ftp if you have "contacts" :hehe:

hey pemu... installed winmx... but somehow i think it doesn't go as fast as kazaa did..

Pemu wrote:

Joyce wrote:winmx...isn't that good...that's wat i heard
veri diff to get asian songs movies etc......

Dunno for them. I dun download movies off WinMx. WinMx is the best P2P for Jpop in my opinion :) As for the Asian movies, try Emule I hear it's superb for downloadin Asian movies! If you're familiar with IRC, IRC is a superb source for Jpop and not to mention ftp if you have "contacts" :hehe:

I have to agree with Pemu. WinMx is one of the best p2p for Jpop...better than Kazaa. I use Winmx, and have downloaded tons of great stuff (music, video clips from tv shows, music videos, movies, etc...), which you can't get from Kazaa. :)

arashinokoto wrote:hey pemu... installed winmx... but somehow i think it doesn't go as fast as kazaa did..

Yeah. Kazaa is probably the most popular P2P, more users! Have to agree WinMx isn't as popular as Kazaa, less users! At least WinMx is more secure than Kazaa. the record association wants Kazaa's head, WinMx is not on the list as far as I know. You'll get used to it. Try to download the goods at the peak time, more users, more traffic, hehe :) Besides not all ppl have jpop ;)

Friends....you can go to this website http://www.techtv.com/news/culture/story/0,24195,3484600,00.html for list of user that are wanted by RIAA....
It also will be updated by time to time.....
by what i seen all are KaZaa user....and also for US only...

LostOne[TR wrote:"]they're going after the ones who share ALOT of files.
i.e. the MTV news keeps mentionin that the RIAA is going after a grandfather who d/led his favorite oldies songs..

kinda sad how they're going after ppl
the first few individuals to be hit were not really kazaa users, but college kids who created serach engines that enabled their campus to search for files.

what do you mean when you say a lot..?? as in 700, 800?? or 100, 200??

i share over 300 files.... is tt a lot??? is mtv and movies counted??? cannot blame us wat.... many jap songs, jao movies and a lot of mtv of of languages aren't found in the market.... if import.... very expensive.... for a cd tt u could have bought at $20 for instance in japan or other cds simliat to it. the import one will cost over $3/4/50...........

takariforu wrote:i share over 300 files.... is tt a lot??? is mtv and movies counted??? cannot blame us wat.... many jap songs, jao movies and a lot of mtv of of languages aren't found in the market.... if import.... very expensive.... for a cd tt u could have bought at $20 for instance in japan or other cds simliat to it. the import one will cost over $3/4/50...........

agree...i think in japan the cds are sold more den s$20...imagaine the cost of the cds and the shipping fees..... :sweat: wow.....

downloading is not a crime! :sweat: :shakehead:

kouru wrote:downloading is not a crime! :sweat: :shakehead:

Yup!

Japanese cds are expensive, around 30 $ per album. Making them is also expensive. Oversea copies are prefered due to its inexpensive prices.
Why so pricey in Japan? simple, Japan has a high living standard compared to other countries, bigger pay which means bigger cost. You can see how much they spend money on a single booze trip at a hostess bar ;)
Food products such as beef, apple, melon etc. look at the prices :shakehead: Alcohol too

the cds cost so much cos it need to board a plane to here..... we are actually paying for their 'air ticket' ya see.... :( :( :(