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  • From: "Parker, David X" <dmp31526 AT GlaxoWellcome.com>
  • To: "'Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/'" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [internetworkers] Soulseek?
  • Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 16:30:30 -0400

Apparently they've found a way around the legality issue by adding the
$1/month charge. Looking at it again, I see that the site doesn't state you
can download music for *free*, it states you can download *legally* by
paying $1/month.

fwiw

> ----------
> From: ron thigpen
> Reply To: Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 4:21 PM
> To: Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
> Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Soulseek?
>
> Parker, David X wrote:
>
> > The Soulseek site says the songs you can download are free, although I
> don't
> > see how that's possible considering you have to pay $24 for a 2-year
> > subscription. Anyway, I don't want to pay the price unless I can be sure
> the
> > songs I want are likely to be there.
>
> SoulSeek is not a paid music download service (iTunes, eMusic, etc.).
> SoulSeek is a P2P file sharing application. Their network is open and
> well populated. AFAIK, there are no fees for usage, although you can
> make a contribution and they will award you points that basically allow
> you to go to the head of the d/l queue for the tracks you are interested
> in. FYI, what you do there is up to you, but you will not have legal
> license or ownership of anything you d/l from this service, and no
> artists will get paid.
>
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