WindowBlinds
Sunday, December 29, 2002 by Led Zeppelin | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I have the latest version of WindowBlinds (Full Version) Yet when I open my kazaa it slows the computer down and takes forever to load up kazaa. Everything else is pretty much mine though. Can somebody tell me what's wrong and how I can fix the problem? Thanks!
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Fuzzy Logic
Reply #22 Monday, December 30, 2002 5:08 AM
Reply #22 Monday, December 30, 2002 5:08 AM
Speaking of wood. If a woodchuck could chuck wood, how much wood could a woodchuck chuck? 
arinvolvo
Reply #23 Monday, December 30, 2002 5:16 AM
Reply #23 Monday, December 30, 2002 5:16 AM
I happen to use Kazaa LITE..which is a stripped version of Kazaa without the spy ware. However it never occurred to me to use it for warez searches...I use it merely for MP3 downloads. It is the fastest one for MP3s that I have found. I used winMX for about a week, and did not like it one bit.
Jafo
Reply #24 Monday, December 30, 2002 6:58 AM
Reply #24 Monday, December 30, 2002 6:58 AM
.....and those MP3s are all publicly licenced for free download, royalty free?....
wombat_1
Reply #25 Monday, December 30, 2002 8:09 AM
Reply #25 Monday, December 30, 2002 8:09 AM
Fuzzy, the Latin version .... 'Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?' 
citats
Reply #26 Monday, December 30, 2002 9:37 AM
Reply #26 Monday, December 30, 2002 9:37 AM
Ok but the copy right laws in the USA and Canada allow fair use of a copy righted song. ie: I own the entire Pink Floyd collection and when I find the time I will rip it all so that I can use it in my mp3 player. I don't have that time so I can quickly download the songs I want and copy them to my player. That is not illegal I already paid for those songs, its fair use of a copy right. If the music companies have it their way you will pay twice for the songs once on cd and a second time to download it. as you know they are working on copy protection to prevent mp3 ripping. Now I would prefere that if push came to shuve the file sharing progies would go b4 they take our right to copy my own cd to a format that I can take with me.... in my iPaq
citats
Reply #27 Monday, December 30, 2002 9:43 AM
Reply #27 Monday, December 30, 2002 9:43 AM
Fair use of copy right permits me to change the format of a song ( copy it ) and use it for personal use ( on an mp3 player like my iPaq ) as long as I have a purchased original. so why don't I rip my entire Floyd collection ... well some of its vinyl 
so file sharing of mp3's is legal under some circumstance. I am not naive I know ppl download music they don't own but thats not a good enough reason to damn us all... the sales of cd's are proving to be a consistant trend. They have ups and downs like any other industry.
so file sharing of mp3's is legal under some circumstance. I am not naive I know ppl download music they don't own but thats not a good enough reason to damn us all... the sales of cd's are proving to be a consistant trend. They have ups and downs like any other industry.
Jafo
Reply #28 Monday, December 30, 2002 9:45 AM
Reply #28 Monday, December 30, 2002 9:45 AM
Static...there is no problem with copying your own CDs for your own use, but hosting the files/MP3s for others to download is the problem.
Being lazy and not wanting to 'rip your own' is no justification for the on-line facility of copyright theft/evasion...
Being lazy and not wanting to 'rip your own' is no justification for the on-line facility of copyright theft/evasion...
citats
Reply #29 Monday, December 30, 2002 9:47 AM
Reply #29 Monday, December 30, 2002 9:47 AM
I would disagree that its lazy... its fair use.
sorry about the double post i thought the first did not go.
sorry about the double post i thought the first did not go.
Jafo
Reply #30 Monday, December 30, 2002 9:49 AM
Reply #30 Monday, December 30, 2002 9:49 AM
Strangely, I have originals of Floyd on Vinyl, Cassette, CD, Video and DVD....many of them duplicates, as I have 'most' ever released on vinyl and all of 'em on CD...
Jafo
Reply #31 Monday, December 30, 2002 9:53 AM
Reply #31 Monday, December 30, 2002 9:53 AM
Static...it's not 'fair use' for someone to HOST the files publicly, unless they pay royalties.
You 'may' be OK downloading 'if' you have purchased your original, but the 'hosts' most definitely have not paid 'public distribution rights' and no amount of argument will validate or alter that position, sorry...
You 'may' be OK downloading 'if' you have purchased your original, but the 'hosts' most definitely have not paid 'public distribution rights' and no amount of argument will validate or alter that position, sorry...
Jafo
Reply #32 Monday, December 30, 2002 10:00 AM
Reply #32 Monday, December 30, 2002 10:00 AM
As I recall, the arguments [legal] relating to 'backup' copies of CDs being 'legitimate' referred to 'data CDs' where damage could jeopardize a business practise...system backups were deemed 'fair use'.
That did not extend naturally or logically to Music CDs as they were deemed 'non critical' and significantly less 'expensive' than, say, Photoshop.
There is a long history of argument re cross-format 'backups'...ever since audio cassettes first hit the market, where a surcharge was put on the price of a blank to help appease the companies...
That did not extend naturally or logically to Music CDs as they were deemed 'non critical' and significantly less 'expensive' than, say, Photoshop.
There is a long history of argument re cross-format 'backups'...ever since audio cassettes first hit the market, where a surcharge was put on the price of a blank to help appease the companies...
citats
Reply #33 Monday, December 30, 2002 10:01 AM
Reply #33 Monday, December 30, 2002 10:01 AM
I will not argue anything about hosting I don't host files myself and never will... I do download mp3's tho...
and you are pretty much right about Floyd and even now I have found some Barret solo material... ON CD!
But I can not find Nick Mason or Richard Wright's solo material on CD I have them on Vinyl.
and you are pretty much right about Floyd and even now I have found some Barret solo material... ON CD!
But I can not find Nick Mason or Richard Wright's solo material on CD I have them on Vinyl.
Jafo
Reply #34 Monday, December 30, 2002 10:15 AM
Reply #34 Monday, December 30, 2002 10:15 AM
Interesting fact....'Nordstar', a bootleg mono-[well, crappy anyway] vinyl of Dark Side actually out-sold Purple's 'Made In Japan' double in the UK...
wombat_1
Reply #35 Monday, December 30, 2002 11:22 AM
Reply #35 Monday, December 30, 2002 11:22 AM
Ripping is theft, no ifs or buts.
Duplicating a CD you paid money for to a legitimate trader and intended for your own personal and private use is not strictly legal but is a fair practice, beyond this point the law is fairly obvious.
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Duplicating a CD you paid money for to a legitimate trader and intended for your own personal and private use is not strictly legal but is a fair practice, beyond this point the law is fairly obvious.
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da_zman20
Reply #36 Monday, December 30, 2002 1:37 PM
Reply #36 Monday, December 30, 2002 1:37 PM
off the subject you guys are on... well all know that kazaa is a front anyways... the spyware and stuff is what scares me... Im staying away from it...
Shakey (the Original)
Reply #37 Monday, December 30, 2002 1:55 PM
Reply #37 Monday, December 30, 2002 1:55 PM
A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck wood.
rkumono
Reply #38 Monday, December 30, 2002 2:16 PM
Reply #38 Monday, December 30, 2002 2:16 PM
Come on people. A person using KaZaA does NOT indicate any illegal activities. It allows transfers of all kinds of files: Image, Audio, Video, Text, etc.
I, myself, use KaZaA as it is a very good tool for archival purposes. Many of my old CDs are scratched terribly, so bad they will not play. (You should see my Hootie and the Blowfish: Fairweather Johnson CD. Gash an inch long, and if you want, I'll post a picture...) I also have numerous 8-track tapes, Cassettes, and LP Records (33s and 45s) that I want to archive. I -OWN- these albums, and I have every right under copyright law to download those songs. I can have as many copies of each album as I want "For archival and backup purposes." And yes, this is what I use it for, and so do thousands of others.
Furthermore, I appreciate music videos. KaZaA is one of the best resources for finding videos. And before you start, if it plays on TV, I have the right to download it for 'personal use'. Check your copyright laws, it's legal. It's even legal to copy DVDs and VHS tapes... "For home and personal use only. Distribution, sale, and rental is prohibited."
Third, I make FanVideos. These are freely distributable. Movie + Song -> Themed Video. Share them all you want... [ http://www.animemusicvideos.org/ -> Japanese Animation Based ]
So don't accuse people of using KaZaA for illegal purposes. It's a legal tool, that many people abuse.
And if the spyware bothers you that much... Disable CyDoor. Not really that hard. Ad-Aware -> PhaseShift. Done...
I, myself, use KaZaA as it is a very good tool for archival purposes. Many of my old CDs are scratched terribly, so bad they will not play. (You should see my Hootie and the Blowfish: Fairweather Johnson CD. Gash an inch long, and if you want, I'll post a picture...) I also have numerous 8-track tapes, Cassettes, and LP Records (33s and 45s) that I want to archive. I -OWN- these albums, and I have every right under copyright law to download those songs. I can have as many copies of each album as I want "For archival and backup purposes." And yes, this is what I use it for, and so do thousands of others.
Furthermore, I appreciate music videos. KaZaA is one of the best resources for finding videos. And before you start, if it plays on TV, I have the right to download it for 'personal use'. Check your copyright laws, it's legal. It's even legal to copy DVDs and VHS tapes... "For home and personal use only. Distribution, sale, and rental is prohibited."
Third, I make FanVideos. These are freely distributable. Movie + Song -> Themed Video. Share them all you want... [ http://www.animemusicvideos.org/ -> Japanese Animation Based ]
So don't accuse people of using KaZaA for illegal purposes. It's a legal tool, that many people abuse.
And if the spyware bothers you that much... Disable CyDoor. Not really that hard. Ad-Aware -> PhaseShift. Done...
Jafo
Reply #39 Monday, December 30, 2002 5:25 PM
Reply #39 Monday, December 30, 2002 5:25 PM
rkumono...if your bought copy of a song is scratched or damaged, well, tough titties, lad, it means you are obliged to buy another one. It DOES NOT allow you to take someone else's instead.
That's the same as saying, "my nice new car is all scratched and has run out of petrol...never mind, I am now entitled to take another one from the lot."
Actually, you do NOT 'own' the albums, just the right to that particular copy [pressing] and to privately play/listen to it.
When it no longer plays, that's it. Law requires you to buy another to replace it, as with any other goods and chattels.
Simply because the law is not enforced relating to personal copying does NOT de-criminalize MP3 'sharing' via Kazaa or Napster.
Napster was pulled because of its illegality in use, don't imagine that Kazaa is somehow immune.
It IS copyright theft.
That's the same as saying, "my nice new car is all scratched and has run out of petrol...never mind, I am now entitled to take another one from the lot."
Actually, you do NOT 'own' the albums, just the right to that particular copy [pressing] and to privately play/listen to it.
When it no longer plays, that's it. Law requires you to buy another to replace it, as with any other goods and chattels.
Simply because the law is not enforced relating to personal copying does NOT de-criminalize MP3 'sharing' via Kazaa or Napster.
Napster was pulled because of its illegality in use, don't imagine that Kazaa is somehow immune.
It IS copyright theft.
Jafo
Reply #40 Monday, December 30, 2002 5:30 PM
Reply #40 Monday, December 30, 2002 5:30 PM
Oh...and re the TV and video bit.....you have the right to record the TV telecast, but no-one other than the TV station has the right to distribute copies of the telecast.
That, too, is copyright theft.
That, too, is copyright theft.
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Reply #21 Monday, December 30, 2002 4:50 AM