Posted by Doug on 12/31/06 15:17

Alright, thanks man, I"ll have a look into some of those, and I do
appreciate your time! A lot changes in the digital age in a relatively
short span of time, that's for sure!

Doug


"Technobarbarian" <Technobarbarian-ztopzpam@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "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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