The second video had some very interesting facts, but I do not understand how vizions.com is helping underground artists any differently from myspace? How does it help illegal downloading?
The limewire video was interesting, however at USC, due to the limited nature of on-campus housing, the tracking system would have a much more limited pool of students to draw from because the majority of students live off campus and use different wireless networks. I look at the situation like speeding, if you maintain the speed of traffic you most likely will not get pulled over for speeding. If you separate yourself out and speed out ahead of the pack at outrageous speeds you are going to get caught. This can be applied to downloading music on Limewire, don't set yourself apart like the speed demon if you are going to use the service.
Kate,perhaps we should share the trick to all free riders.
The question is how to define whether certain downloading activities are inapproriate, should we view this as the anti-corporation open source movement?
I know that Napster has been resurrected, but rather than pirating the music for free like in the past, you pay a subscription fee and can downlaod unlimited tracks each month you pay. Napster's not the only one, there are several services like this, but I think Napster is an example of a step in the right direction between illegal downloading and buying CD's at $16 to $20 a pop. It's a good compromise.
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The second video had some very interesting facts, but I do not understand how vizions.com is helping underground artists any differently from myspace? How does it help illegal downloading?
The limewire video was interesting, however at USC, due to the limited nature of on-campus housing, the tracking system would have a much more limited pool of students to draw from because the majority of students live off campus and use different wireless networks. I look at the situation like speeding, if you maintain the speed of traffic you most likely will not get pulled over for speeding. If you separate yourself out and speed out ahead of the pack at outrageous speeds you are going to get caught. This can be applied to downloading music on Limewire, don't set yourself apart like the speed demon if you are going to use the service.
Kate,perhaps we should share the trick to all free riders.
The question is how to define whether certain downloading activities are inapproriate, should we view this as the anti-corporation open source movement?
I know that Napster has been resurrected, but rather than pirating the music for free like in the past, you pay a subscription fee and can downlaod unlimited tracks each month you pay. Napster's not the only one, there are several services like this, but I think Napster is an example of a step in the right direction between illegal downloading and buying CD's at $16 to $20 a pop. It's a good compromise.
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