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Bah!

I seriously don't know WHAT i'll do if they get the hub

hehe so typical after i just signed up on the hub

ffs dont they get it will never stop!
if they shut down direct connect
we will all just have some massive exodus to some other one
we went from napster to audiogalaxy to dc
if ne thing happens we'll move to another

The RIAA screwed up a long time ago when the first major MP3 wave flooded the internet. Instead of embracing Digital Audio as the format of the future, they decided to fight something that is virtually impossible to control. The RIAA is stuck holding onto times of the past, the traditional way to purchase music (Going to a store and snagging a CD) Just isn't the way to do things anymore. I for one would be more than willing to pay for the music I download (Providing it's high quality of course).

But the public picked up where the RIAA fell and got one step ahead of them. Where one Napster or Kazaa dies, 3 more will spring up.

No!!! Bad bad news! Gready corporate bitches trying to wipe us out! FIGHT THE POWER!
......Ehhh

This is the beggining. Soon enough, Univercity networks will start investing in monitoring Mp3 transfer. I don't know how they are currently managed, but I'm quiet sure there is some sort of bandwidth software that could be installed. This could be the beggining of the end. A lot of hubs will shut down just out of percaution. I'd be preaty scared if I was running the EMC Hub. The HUB must live on! Who ever manages EMC should be awarded with a medal(or a Turntable)! The only place I can get great trance music nowadays.

Keep up the good work and don't let RIAA WHores get to you.
P.s. If you see a member of the RIAA walking down the street, KICK HIM IN THE BALLS as HARD as you CAN! They are targeting our soft spots(MUSIC), and we'll target theirs.

you have RIAA

I'm sorry for you Americans...

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If you see a member of the RIAA walking down the street, KICK HIM IN THE BALLS as HARD as you CAN! They are targeting our soft spots(MUSIC), and we'll target theirs.

supported!

we (emc) share diff stuff and not THAT INDUSTRY MUSIC!! FUCK OFF RIAA, DON'T BOTHER US AGAIN!!

What sorta influence does the RIAA have in Sweden? Apart from the EMC Hub, most good hubs are based in Sweden.

on DC though you can share lots of things, software, pictures etc, how can they shut a program down that lets legal things (pics of mates or stuff) share?

The problem is, as has been said before, mp3 wasn't embaraced by the labels before the people, so they lost control and just sue sue sue now, rather than investing money into making a legal system of mp3s being downloaded from artists. I would pay if i knew the artist got the money & not some guy in a suit, cos without the artists, the guys in suits wouldn't be paid

hmmm if they're targeting uni networks, i think swedes are safe cause these bitches have all 100 mbits home connections!! well at least i'm glad i'm european and long live the swedes =D

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Originally posted by trancEyes22 hehe so typical after i just signed up on the hub

Sabotage i tells ya!

Guys, haven't had a chance to read the entire thread, but relax. Survival instincts kick in

Everyone said this after the downfall of Napster, then again after Audiogalaxy went titsup.com So if DC hubs are shut down, then we all move somewhere else like Soulseek, or somewhere else entirely

Hahaha people chill. It's not like the hub is gonna get shut down. They're just targeting a small group of very large college campus hubs which are used mostly for sharing pop. That's it.

C-H-I-L-L

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Originally posted by Arbiter Hahaha people chill. It's not like the hub is gonna get shut down. They're just targeting a small group of very large college campus hubs which are used mostly for sharing pop. That's it. C-H-I-L-L

I know people get pissed off when they're favorite file sharing hub goes down the toilet. But I for one am more upset about the general attitude the RIAA is taking in the situation they're being handed. The RIAA is stuck holding onto technology of the past. They have no will to adapt to the times. Cd's are not going to be the media of choice in 10 years.

It wouldn't really surprise me if they decided to send us all back to ATRAC or something. That seems to be the way the general intelligence of the association is headed.

It sucks to see any of the hubs being targetted, but as has been said above, I don't think this is any concern for the EMC for the time being...

The RIAA doesn't have unlimited resources, and I doubt they'll go after any but the largest hubs. The EMC is a great place for TAers to get music, but it's extremely small scale compared to the hubs that are actually being hit by this.

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Originally posted by Blithe I know people get pissed off when they're favorite file sharing hub goes down the toilet. But I for one am more upset about the general attitude the RIAA is taking in the situation they're being handed. The RIAA is stuck holding onto technology of the past. They have no will to adapt to the times. Cd's are not going to be the media of choice in 10 years.

What else do you expect from an organization that was put together to protect corporate interests? Getting upset at the RIAA for being backwards asses is like getting riled when a corporation cuts jobs to save on costs, pointless, and practically inevitable given the current economic system.

I don't know about the longevity of CDs either, at this point it's not as though it really matters, all of my quality stuff on vinyl and CD is easily converted over to computer files, and my computer is quickly becoming my home stereo system with CDs only being neccessary for my car.

Frankly, I could care less what the mainstream labels are distributing stuff on, Trance/Prog and the other dance genres are always going to come out on vinyl, hence, always be rippable, hence, always be easily kept on a big fat HD and shared with other people via the file sharing system of the week.

The RIAA can try to fight that, but I don't think it's a fight they have a chance in hell of winning at this point. Once high speed connections became standardized it was already well past the point of stuffing the cat back in the bag.

In other words, screw em, they're fighting a losing battle for artists I don't give two shites about

damn pricks. die each an last one of them.

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Originally posted by CortexBomb ...The RIAA can try to fight that, but I don't think it's a fight they have a chance in hell of winning at this point. Once high speed connections became standardized it was already well past the point of stuffing the cat back in the bag. In other words, screw em, they're fighting a losing battle for artists I don't give two shites about

Indeed. High-speed internet really does equip the standard consumer with the ability to have music at their finger-tips on a readily available basis. My only problem with the RIAA is they only saw digital music as a threat to their market, and not a possible way to stay up-to speed in their marketing tactics.

RIAA = scum

Let's see here... ah yes.........

when will they learn that there really is no way of stopping the distribution of mp3's... as long as we have computers and internet, there will always be a way to exchange mp3s. and when they take down one group(napster,audiogalaxy..etc) another 5 will surface.

fuck

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Originally posted by DJ $tylez Fucking assholes! Nevermind the fact most of the artists we care about don't belong to a greedy American label in the first place

Exactly....so why do they care...danm americns anyway..i swear there gunna wreck it all...mainstream, corperate america...ect..

yupiiii! they're shutting down DC in the US! less and less people will now be able to listen to bitcy spears and emineft

That just pissed me off to the max!!!!! If they do anything to shut down DC Im gonna FLIPPPPP OUTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WTF!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally posted by Photo_bot_2k1 ffs dont they get it will never stop! if they shut down direct connect we will all just have some massive exodus to some other one we went from napster to audiogalaxy to dc if ne thing happens we'll move to another

exactly! its not that hard to pickup and move either...even on a fast paced msg board like this.

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