Posted by Technobarbarian on 12/30/06 19:56

"Doug" <DZappyNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:J9ylh.2314$Pr4.2189@trndny06...
> It's been a couple years since I've messed with file sharing, such as
> Napster and Kazaa ++, what's the big one that everyone's using today?? I
> tried loading my Kazaa up and don't get much anymore. FREE would be nice
> with no adware.

Shareaza, eMule and uTorrent, all free and no adware, but much of the
action for MP3s has moved elsewhere. Between RIAA lawsuits, poor quality
files and the deliberate injection of bad files into the stream, P2P has
become a less than optimal solution. If you're willing to pay a few bucks
for a premium news server binary usenet groups have become a good choice. If
the "free" usenet service that comes with your internet account offers
binary groups and good retention you don't need the premium server. There
are a number of good programs built for harvesting binary files, News Bin
Pro is one of the best. Grabit is a good freeware option. The latest wrinkle
is a combination of one of the music rental services, like Rhapsody, and a
good conversion program like SoundTaxi. All you can eat for $15 a month for
as long as you want to scour through 3 million songs, and the first two
weeks are free. The beat marches on, next week something else might be hot.

TB

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