Almost definitely a repost, so forgive me... where does S0u1seek fit in with this RIAA thing?

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I'm sure this has had it's own thread, but I can't find one and the serach engine is overloaded. So, if someone could just give me a little info I'd be grateful. So far, I have yet to see S0u1seek come up at all in the RIAA discussions. Why is this? Are S0u1seek users safe? Or are they next?

― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Friday, 26 September 2003 18:30 (twenty-two years ago)

we're probably next. Soulseek hasnt been publicized nearly as much, and the lawsuits are more symbolic than anything, so theyre aiming at the figureheads.

― Felcher (Felcher), Friday, 26 September 2003 18:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Soulseek also doesn't cover mainstream, major label music as much as Kazaa etc. although i'm sure it won't be long til they set their targets on it.

― captain badass, Friday, 26 September 2003 19:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey, what's slsk's new website?

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Friday, 26 September 2003 20:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Soulseek is nowhere NEAR as big as Kazaa. In the mainstream discussions of this kind of thing it's never mentioned - Grokster, Gnutella and (in Europe) eDonkey crop up a lot more. Kazaa's US website audience is about 19 million a month, soulseek probably gets about 2% of that. The RIAA could decide to crush slsk like an ant but it's concentrating on Kazaa at the moment.

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 26 September 2003 21:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Soulseek seems to draw in serious music fans, looking for unreleased albums and more rare stuff. The RIAA probably realizes this and won't bother them (as much).

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Friday, 26 September 2003 21:18 (twenty-two years ago)

It's purely a size thing milo - also my investigations into the UK No.1 hits, conducted via soulseek, suggest that there are plenty of people on it sharing every possible brand of crap :)

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 26 September 2003 21:21 (twenty-two years ago)

You mean I am not the only collector of UK #1s? Not the only one who has been searching day and night for those ultra rare mp3s by The Crowd, Ferry Aid, The Firm, Mike Sarne, Mr. Blobby and Eden Kane? :-)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 26 September 2003 21:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Mainstream stuff is available in spades off slsk, people I'm sure choose not to maneuver with queues, and rather go for the simultaneous downloads of Kazaa.

― Leee (Leee), Friday, 26 September 2003 21:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Check it out Geir!

http://www.freakytrigger.co.uk/popular.html

We don't get to the proper melodic stuff for a while, of course...

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 26 September 2003 21:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually, one of the Napsterclones (KaZaa, I think) has countersued the RIAA. Gimme a sec and I'll see if I can find some details.

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Saturday, 27 September 2003 13:58 (twenty-two years ago)

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/50509
Here's some people chatting about "KaZaa Sues RIAA for Copyright Infringement"

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Saturday, 27 September 2003 14:02 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.gnutellanews.com/article/8153
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/4522.cfm
Okay... here's the details.

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Saturday, 27 September 2003 14:04 (twenty-two years ago)

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