Monday, December 13, 2004

Kazaa (or lack thereof..)

I'm assuming everyone knows what Kazaa is? For the uninitiated, its a p2p (person to person) filesharing program. This gives you a plethora of music tracks, movies, computer software and images at your virtual fingertips. I haven't bought a CD in a very, very long time.. relying on kazaa as my main supplier of music (yes, i've got over 1000 illegal mp3 files! track down my IP address and come sue me, please!). Goddamn corporations, don't you have enough money as it is?!

Well, you've won. You officially got me to stop using kazaa.. for new music. Newly released tracks that appear on kazaa for sharing are lost amid a flood of dud mp3 files with the same name. Search for a new track and you get thousands of sources.. except each source provides you with a file made up of 3 to 4 minutes of silence. Its impossible to find a genuine source.. impossible.

But wait.. this only affects new music tracks! Old tracks, images, computer software and videos are still very available. Still though, it pretty much means that i'd have to leave the comfort of my own home to go buy any new music. I HATE leaving the comfort of my own home. I also hate spending money on stuff I used to steal so easily.

Its time to sharpen those shoplifting skills. Old methods for cramming those tapes in my pockets will have to be modified for bigger, more awkward CD cases.

Disclaimer: this blog does not, in any way, condone theft. not CDs, anyway. THINK BIG, THINK BANKS.

4 Comments:

At 2:03 PM , Blogger Mahmood Al-Yousif said...

Mo, consider this comment a manual trackback!

excerpt: Mo, over at Random Blog is lamenting the lack of up-to-date music albums and tracks on Kazaa, the peer-to-peer file sharing network.

link: http://bahrainblogs.com/index.php/blog/64

 
At 9:03 PM , Blogger Mo said...

Mahmood,
read the trackback article, glad you have such strong beliefs about intellectual property theft.
maybe someday i'll understand what if feels like when someone decides to steal my shit.. but until then..

 
At 8:55 AM , Blogger Abdusalaam al-Hindi said...

I can't get over the fact you're bharaini and funny. LOL, Just kidding.

 
At 11:20 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Mo, I was looking for peer 2 peer related info for my site at http://www.p2p-mp3-filesharing.com and thought I would check out some blog sites. I get sidetracked easily these days....getting old...lol. It was an interesting read. Thanks, mike

 

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