Any alternatives to Grokster/Kazaa?

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Any alternatives to Grokster/Kazaa?

Postby Slayerwolf » Thu Sep 04, 2003 1:08 pm

Does anybody here know of any alternatives to Grokster or Kazaa? I stopped using them after I had to restore my computer after deleting a file I thought was one of their spyware folders. I don't want the hundreds of spy-ware files that Grokster put on my computer. Did you know that on the setup alone, it installs 120-140 spy-ware files? And then it downloads even more over time. Can anyone tell me of a free, spy-ware free alternative to Grokster?

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Postby AbsoluteDestiny » Thu Sep 04, 2003 1:30 pm

Why dont you try this 1337 program called "paying for things"?
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Postby Lyrs » Thu Sep 04, 2003 3:24 pm

AbsoluteDestiny wrote:Why dont you try this 1337 program called "paying for things"?


along with that, you can dl'ed music from itune at 99 cents per mp3.
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Postby Lone Wolf » Thu Sep 04, 2003 3:29 pm

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Postby FoolThemAll » Thu Sep 04, 2003 5:09 pm

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Postby SarahtheBoring » Thu Sep 04, 2003 5:29 pm

Lyrs wrote:
AbsoluteDestiny wrote:Why dont you try this 1337 program called "paying for things"?


along with that, you can dl'ed music from itune at 99 cents per mp3.


You both get a cookie. Here. 8)
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Postby moooooo » Thu Sep 04, 2003 6:41 pm

FoolThemAll wrote:Soulseek.

http://slsk.blogspot.com/


Didn't soulseek go down? I could be wrong, but the last few times I tried to log in, it was a no go.
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Postby Otohiko » Thu Sep 04, 2003 6:43 pm

Kazaa lite works also.

Try before you buy is still a good motto.

Just remember to buy.

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Postby Otohiko » Thu Sep 04, 2003 6:46 pm

moooooo wrote:
FoolThemAll wrote:Soulseek.

http://slsk.blogspot.com/


Didn't soulseek go down? I could be wrong, but the last few times I tried to log in, it was a no go.


It seems to have server crashes every once in a while. Granted, it's got an impressive database of hard-to-find music.



An additional problem with buying stuff that I have is not having a credit card. I'll buy it if a local RIAA-friendly or -unfriendly music store kindly provides it, but if not, I will resort to attempting to seek it out otherwise.
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Postby Big Big Truck » Thu Sep 04, 2003 8:56 pm

Try record label websites, like sub-pop.com, or the band's own website. A lot of smaller labels and their acts will feature one or two mp3s for public download.
Also, a lot of larger music review sites will feature an mp3 from a reviewed album for a limited time.

I find most new music by raiding the sampler bin at Cheapo, but that's only an option for Austinites, so... :|
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Postby Aetherfukz » Fri Sep 05, 2003 3:32 am

Kazaa lite from www.kazaalite.tk or something similar (just google it) is really good. Kazaa minus all the spyware...
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Postby Jace Tsunami » Fri Sep 05, 2003 1:24 pm

I know this AWSOME program called the CD sTore!

It was a such a big hit it spread like a fucking virus d00d!! THEY'RE LIKE, ALL OVER.
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Postby FoolThemAll » Fri Sep 05, 2003 5:17 pm

Soulseek's awesome for finding bootlegs. In the first 3 days I was using it, I found four D-Plan bootlegs of varying quality (the best one was the 7-11-03 show).
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Postby Propyro » Sat Sep 06, 2003 6:45 pm

AbsoluteDestiny wrote:Why dont you try this 1337 program called "paying for things"?


OMG THAT SOUNDS LIK SUCH A LeeT PROG!!!1!1!! DO YUO AHVE A ULR FOR IT ?????/??

Otohiko wrote:Try before you buy is still a good motto.

Just remember to buy.


indeed. If it werent for P2P programs there's lots of stuff i'd have hever heard of, namely anime ... just think about it ... if i didn't find about anime then i'd ahve never found the org ... i mean what is this place with out me? besides being a little more sane and haveing a higher meaningful input to noise ratio ...

But yea, iMesh and kazaa lite are ok. Actualy iMesh is supposed to be superior for not instaling back door programs.

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