aimeeandbeatles
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What do you think about P2P (peer to peer) software to share music, videos, games etc?
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skadistic
Caomhanach
I like it for non-copy writed files. I use it in my work to transfer some of the rediculusly large files.
aimeeandbeatles
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Suppose you have a CD, but it is scratched and you can't copy your songs to the computer.
Would it be okay to illegally download them in this case?
Would it be okay to illegally download them in this case?
Abaddon
Deity
I theft everything i can and have no quarms about it.
Legally speaking, no. When you download songs off of P2P, you are allowing other people to download the very songs you are downloading, and so it is a ripple effect. The other people downloading off of your download may not have a "legitimate" excuse like you do.
skadistic
Caomhanach
If you own the song out right you own the song. Backing up a CD you payed for would be legit. Also it would be legit to download the songs you own in a different format like .MP3, .WMA, .WAV.............
aimeeandbeatles
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You can set the program to not share them or move the files to another folder
Ah. I forgot about that feature.
I guess if you download it by doing that then it is legit, I don't know about legally though. But logically it is.
aimeeandbeatles
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Actually, I just downloaded a song that was on a scratched CD. "Within You Without You" is a great Beatles song
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LucyDuke
staring at the clock
Generally I rip a CD as soon as I bring it home. Then it sits on the shelf, utterly useless, but not getting scratched. 
My copy of Sgt. Pepper was scratched up by the time I went to rip it, too, so I borrowed a friend's copy. P2P is too much of a hassle to be worth it, now that the glory days of Napster are over.
My copy of Sgt. Pepper was scratched up by the time I went to rip it, too, so I borrowed a friend's copy. P2P is too much of a hassle to be worth it, now that the glory days of Napster are over.
plarq
Crazy forever
Generally I rip a CD as soon as I bring it home. Then it sits on the shelf, utterly useless, but not getting scratched.
The Napster day isn't over. I have a super stack of illegal downloaded music.
LucyDuke
staring at the clock
Ah, the glory days are over, though. It hasn't been the same since 2000 or so. Then, I haven't been trying, either.
boarder
King
You mean you can buy music still?what a wacky concept )
skadistic
Caomhanach
P2P is so much more then music.......and porn.
LucyDuke
staring at the clock
They don't have sex shops where you're from? The selection is much better.
skadistic
Caomhanach
Only if you want overproduced overpriced garbage from viVid. I prefer my porn to be real and armature.
But thats not the point. You can transfer any file on a P2P. I often send 2 gig sets of detailed blue prints. Its much faster and cheaper then printing and mailing them. I think alot of folks forget that P2P is file sharing not just music sharing. You can get books too.
Mulholland
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Is peer to peer the same file sharing protocol as torrents?
History_Buff
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Torrents are what you use for P2P for large files. There's also stuff out there like Limewire that (probably) uses different protocols.
I love P2P. I know it's illegal, but I don't particularly care. I'm a student with very little money, and when I want to watch Band of Brothers or Rome, I will. And trying out games is another awesome feature. While I don't do it for music, if a game is any good I'll usually go out and buy the thing. Mostly so I can install it 6 years from now, and remember how awesome it was. (see: Warcraft II, Starcraft, Red Alert)
I love P2P. I know it's illegal, but I don't particularly care. I'm a student with very little money, and when I want to watch Band of Brothers or Rome, I will. And trying out games is another awesome feature. While I don't do it for music, if a game is any good I'll usually go out and buy the thing. Mostly so I can install it 6 years from now, and remember how awesome it was. (see: Warcraft II, Starcraft, Red Alert)
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