Rife, Swapping

Peer-to-peer isn't dead, it was just resting. A new survey finds that file swapping ramped up again in the closing months of 2003 after several months of decline.

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[ed]

Obsessive collectors of MP3s know that they're building a music collection in an inferior, compressed format, right?

Speaking of inferior, write to the link below for your FREE demo-quality MP3 by America's most obscure pop enigma, Only Ed and The Almost.

"Political, satirical, unsellable. Home recording at its worst." -Ed

[cheap skate]

Free minds, free markets...free MP3s?

[amr]

I blame the decrease in previous months to nice weather. When fall came, people decided to come back inside and steal music while watching the baseball playoffs. True for me.

[Douglas Fletcher]

"Obsessive collectors of MP3s know that they're building a music collection in an inferior, compressed format, right?"

Reminds me of all those crappy American-pressed LPs I bought way back when. Scratch, pop, pop...

[defiler]

Thank goodness I've got CD's.

What? SACD? You mean regular CD's are in an inferior, compressed format too?

[ed]

Douglas,
MP3s sound pretty good until you compare them to the original CD. Still better than LPs, though, unless you're lucky enough to find a nicely produced piece of vinyl in pristine condition. Analog still has its moments.
Found a great vinyl copy of "Time Out" the other day. Sweet.

[Douglas Fletcher]

It's all in the bitrate, boy.

[Hank]

Give me 2 spoons, some wine and a farm animal and I'll make my own music.

[ed]

Hank,
Is that a lyric or an observation? Music CAN be made by anyone. That's the beauty of it.

[what the fuck?]

Ed,
Don't give up your day job. Still, free is free.
"What Would Jesus Do?" indeed...
Got any more?

[Douglas Fletcher]

Hank, that ain't music, that's a Barry White album.

[Voyager]

The eMule P2P file sharing client is so good that it may revitalize MP3 sharing.

http://www.emule-project.net/