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["Parker, David X" <dmp31526 AT GlaxoWellcome.com>]

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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