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I have just about had it with eMule.

This program sucks, OK?  I don't care that 100 servers can pull up within 10 seconds, or that it has 4,000 options - downloading files is HORRIBLE with it.

I can search for the most popular song in America, and I can get 100 listings, but NONE OF THEM WILL DOWNLOAD, EVER.  And when one finally does download, it downloads at less than 2.50 K / M.  I can leave my computer running without turning it off for 3 days straight, and come back to find that 1 freaking song out of 200 queued up have been downloaded...and then the file is corrupt and the sound quality is horrible.

WinMX used to be the shit.  Every song or file i've ever wanted would come up by the dozens, and a shit-ton of them would be immediately available for download.

So - what the hell programs do you people use?  If you do use eMule and love it - how the hell does it work?

Winmx is still around,you have to change some directory.....I've got it...don't use it...Not enough people on it anymore...

I've reccomended Shareaza...
it takes awhile to get search results sometimes...But it does let you preview most things on the fly.

I had the exact same problem with Emule Jtex...I finally found something I wanted,but after 5 days waiting in que,sharing a million files...to get 1.5 MB of a 30 mb file.

I like to use ARES.

So, OF COURSE, as soon as i bitch about it, I successfully download 3 files in a row, one of them downloaded at a retarded 89 +/- K/M.

Great.

Some stupid questions here...

Isn't downloading files risking due to viruses?
Isn't it illegal?
If I'm looking for something very specific how do I find out if it's available? 

I'm going to do something that I hate to see...

There's a risk,of doing just about anything on the web...use your antivirus software...

Music Movies....ummm I'm pretty sure..but I've i'm over my issues with that...and it's been discussed over,and over here....

There is a search feature,shareaza,seperates things by what type of file,application,Music,Movie,book,video,rom,ETC,ETC.

The other thing I like about shareaza it allows you to download bit torrents...I've never been able to do it with any application,including this ons...but it's capable of doing it....

Jtex, how much do yu share on eMule. It ranks you and that's how you get your download.  Let me know what your rating is and see if you can boost it.

I've had a lot of luck with eMule. I use it for whole albums though.

For single songs, Ares is the way to go.

Yes, it is absolutely illegal. Copyright infringment like a maw-f**ker. However, usually you will only be prosecuted for your actions if you have a substantial stash of media on your computer. That means, if you want to preview a CD, you could download all the songs for it, and then delete them, and most likely nothing would happen. But should you have a motherload of files on your HD, then watch out (and purchase a good firewall).

Thanks for the info!

What?  Clear, concise answers?  What's to hate about that?

So I have to download the program first to use the search feature?  I doubt that anyone has made episodes of the animated Buzz Lightyear cartoon available so it's probably just another wild goose chase.

Dude...EVERYTHING is available. 

People (crazy people) go into movie theaters, secretly record the movie from the theater, and an hour later it's on the web.  People are insane about file sharing, movie making and mp3 burning - all it takes is some patience to search for it, but I guarantee it's out there on someone's server.

I use Limewire and it works sweet!

Anyone knowledgable downloader$ out there intere$ted in finding/downloading $ome $pecific content for me?

What are you looking for, specifically?

I use Limewire for music (though I have pretty much everything I want, as I don't listen to current music) and Azureus (BitTorrent) for things like TV shows and movies.

What network is Limewire?

On shareaza,I get things from Bearshare,Limewire,and  Edonkey...I've never gotten anything from there...(that I Know of)

When I start t Shareaza,it connect to the Gnutella 2 &1 networks.

I'm just curious....

Limewire uses Gnutella, though I'm not sure if it's v1 or v2.

I also have Shareaza installed, but I haven't been able to get many results on the few occasions I've used it.  I recently uninstalled WinMX because it just stopped bringing up anything at all.

I miss the days of AudioGalaxy.

I don't know about all this.  I have a motherload of files on my HD (100+ GB of MP3's) but they're all ripped off CD's I or someone I know owns.  Everything is indexed, categorized, and CLEAN.  Why is this illegal?

Record companies don't have a problem with that (borrowing a buddy's CD and copying it) so much as massive online file sharing. 

I guess as long as someone gets their money, they don't care.  They have no way to control physical exchange as much as they do online exchange.

As an owner of a CD - you are entitled to five reproductions of that CD, according to ASCAP.

You are legally entitled to be able to rip CDs that you own.  Ripping a CD that "someone you know" owns is a different matter; you didn't pay for the disc, so in the view of the record companies, you shouldn't have those MP3s.

As far as how many reproductions of a CD I own that ASCAP says I can have... ASCAP can f*cking suck it, for all I care.  If I buy a CD, I will make 3486483276 copies of it in every damn format that I please, and unless I give out copies to other people, there isn't a damn thing they can do about it.  I can have a copy of that CD in every room of my house, in each of my cars, and at my workplace, and as long as I'm the only person who plays them, they haven't got a leg to stand on.  Supreme Court > ASCAP.

If the record companies had their way, they'd make it so that every person listening to a song had to pay a fee each time they listened to it; they look at the PPV business model and start drooling.  They most certainly do have a problem with "borrowing a buddy's CD and copying it," and it's really only a matter of time before loaning your friend a CD or DVD just to listen to/watch it becomes legally questionable.