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    Posted: September 22 2005 at 05:52
Noticed in news reports that the RIAA has successfully forced Frontcode to turn off the WinMX servers. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
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Bad....................for me anyway!
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Sorry to hear that, Snow Dog, but don't forget WinMX is also an OpenNap client.
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ah well winmx was a rather bad filesharing program just like kazaa...limewire is much better
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Points: 1149 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2005 at 06:23
Limewire was also one of the companies to get the cease and desist order that shut WinMX- better start looking for another client maidenrulez
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Maiden... Limewire is pissing awful! ALL OF YOU! GET YE SOULSEEK AT ONCE!
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I don't like soulseek, i like WinMX. Its more user friendly!
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2005 at 06:32

Originally posted by cobb cobb wrote:

Sorry to hear that, Snow Dog, but don't forget WinMX is also an OpenNap client.

What does that mean?
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Points: 3254 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2005 at 06:37
although edonkey and winmx is closed the network is still up guys...this means it can all be accesed by other programs
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Originally posted by Trouserpress Trouserpress wrote:

Maiden... Limewire is pissing awful! ALL OF YOU! GET YE SOULSEEK AT ONCE!

and its really good if ye know the tricks

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I don't like none of these programs.
I only like eMule, heh :/
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Points: 4097 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2005 at 10:24
I wonder if slsk'll ever get threatened - I really do hope not because it'd be very unfair on the developers (for those unfamiliar, slsk was genuinely programmed and released as a legal, underground electronica filesharing network. It's only in the last few years that illegal downloaders have jumped on the program  - including me )

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REAL bad! WinMx was great! So many rare prog-related files, from not only America, but from all continents. And I discovered so many more prog artists that I would never have know about otherwise. I stated a similar thread about this in the non-prog discussion area too. I did a news search on this, and WinMx may move their operations from Canada to somewhere in the South Pacific and could be up and running again within a few months. Let's all pray this is true!  
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I agree with youi Dennis, I've got a lot of good Prog stuff from WinMx. For layout and ease of use I believe its unrivalled!
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Limewire and Kazaa are terrible,and I didn't like Soulseek.I have found tons of prog using Shareaza.


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Points: 2530 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2005 at 18:37
Originally posted by maidenrulez maidenrulez wrote:

Originally posted by Trouserpress Trouserpress wrote:

Maiden... Limewire is pissing awful! ALL OF YOU! GET YE SOULSEEK AT ONCE!


and its really good if ye know the tricks




Limewire has downloaded over 100 albums for me however these were for my own use and i have since destoyed them officer
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Points: 31412 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2005 at 18:44

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

i like WinMX. Its more user friendly!

agree
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Points: 2664 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2005 at 06:27
My friend managed to download "Vegetable Man" by PINK FLOYD on WinMX, but I hear there a download programme called BEARSHARE.
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Points: 4097 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2005 at 06:33
I hear there's one called soulseek which beats everything  (if only it weren't blocked on the campus network ) Does anyone know any way I can use a different port to get through, by the way? It's the same with Shareaza which I use for torrents.
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Points: 1261 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2005 at 13:28

Originally posted by Trouserpress Trouserpress wrote:

Maiden... Limewire is pissing awful! ALL OF YOU! GET YE SOULSEEK AT ONCE!

what I use... very rarely though
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