The Steel Guitar Forum

Before I subcribe to this free music download site i thought I'd ask how good the selection was in the classic country genre.thanks.

Go for Kazaa Media Desktop. The selections depend entirely on who is signed in at any time. When I was last in, there were about 3,500,000 participating... not bad. Once you have accumulated a goodly amount of selections, you may wish to turn it off 'cause lots of folks may be downloading stuff from you and your Internet connection speed will go right down the toilet.

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Louis Schubert
ShoBud Pro III D-10 / Nashville 400 -
Getting better

... not to mention that you may also start to attract the attention of the authorities...

I've been told that Kazaa is spyware and Kazaa lite is fine. I have had problems lately with computer so I deleted the Kazaa downloads and the puter works f...ii....nnnnn......eeeeeeee. Well It did

just for the record concerning my inquiry about Kasaa. Im trying to locate some music that seems to be otherwise unavailable thru any sources at all. Namely, Curtis Potter and Willy Nelson, '6 hours at Pedernales'.
I think Ill steer clear of Kasaa.

I heard on the news yesterday that 1600 subpeonas had been issued for copyright infringment in reference to downloading sites such as Kazaa. I'm done with it until I hear more. I would hate to get into a mess for no more than I have downloaded.

My understanding from news articles is that the supoenas will be for heavy uploaders, not your routine downloaders. Do your downloads quick, then disable or remove Kasaa, or put your music files in a location unavailable to Kasaa, etc. I don't see any moral problems with coping stuff unavailable commercially.

<SMALL>I don't see any moral problems with coping stuff unavailable commercially.</SMALL>

As long as you make your own laws, you probably won't be a criminal.

Now, now, Earnest. He said "moral" problems; he didn't say "legal" problems. We all know the two are not always the same...

I have a mac, so I can't use KaZaa anyhow... BUT: the subpoenas against people hosting the files (offering them for downloads) is the legal concern.

However, if everyone stops uploading files, you won't be able to download anything from it. I recall KaZaa costs money, so given that nobody is going to give you free files, you will just be hanging out with leech-users, who just want to receive. Not worth it unless it's free, basically, at this point.

What if you only offer your own songs for download? Can you do that? Will the RIAA come after you if you have a "hit" via Kazaa distribution?

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Knowing bureaucracy, they'd probably come after you and then force you to pay yourself royalties. That'd figure...

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My best,
Ernie

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If you are only wanting to put your own songs on the Net, You'd be better to go with one of the internet "Record Labels" like MP3.com, or Peoplesound.
Occasionally, sometimes and if you are lucky, you might actually earn some money that way.
I know one person that does.
Cheers
Dave

Steve, for the record 'pun intended', I bought "6 hours at Pedernales" here in Montreal at HMV . Surely that would be available in California in a big record store.

Steven,

Amazon has the 6 hours at Pedernales cd available.

Bob