Samuel V. Hales asked:


Ares is the largest filesharing network on the planet right now. Why do so many people choose to download Ares, and what are the benefits if you do the same?

1. It is certified adware and spyware free. Many free filesharing services and software use adware and spyware to monetize the project. While this may at first seem like a fair trade-off, many object to this practice on privacy grounds. Even if the advertisements remain within the software interface, it’s very likely that your browsing activity is being reported to an ad network to "better serve you" with targeted advertisements.

Not so with Ares. It is open-source software, not any more likely to contain privacy-violating advertisements than is the latest flavor of Linux. Spyware can alter computer settings and damage the Windows registry, which will slow down and sometimes crash the host computer. Ares is the safest filesharing program going.

2. Its user base and file base are huge. Roughly 30 million people have chosen download Ares due to its safety and speed. Over time, these 30 million people have contributed more than 100 million files to the P2P network. That means there’s a pretty good chance of finding any particular file you might be looking for. And if you can’t?

3. Ares provides social networking. The software supports chat rooms, so that you can ask around and see if anybody can seed any files you may be looking for.

4. The software also has an instant messenger, so that you can keep in touch with people you meet through the service who share your interests.

5. It’s free! It costs nothing to download or use Ares. You can also make unlimited CDs and DVDs with it. These are just some of the many reasons the service has 30 million users worldwide.



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domnik asked:

You can download Ares free if you like; it’s open source software. It’s pretty much the biggest P2P filesharing system going today, and it doesn’t carry any spyware like a lot of similar software does. Already it has 30 million members and as of late May, you can download Ares Vista, which fixes some connection problems they started having, due to so many users.

The Ares network has over *100 million* files you can download in its entire network. Of course, many of these are music files–almost any song you can think of. But the free downloads also include video, software, and video games.

Ares also has chat rooms and an instant messenger. These are great for finding files that might not appear listed on the network, but that a fellow fan might have on their hard drive somewhere.

Many P2P networks end up using adware to finance the project. This doesn’t necessarily mean pop-up ads; usually the ads show up in the interface. But this still usually means someone is spying on your computer. Why?

Spyware will take note of the sites that you visit and the words that you type into your favorite search engines. It collects this information and sends it to a home server. The home server then chooses which ads to show you, based on your surfing and searching patterns.

It’s not like having a Trojan horse (although some unethical P2P filesharing systems include software that is more malicious). But it’s still a breach of privacy all the same, and it eats up your processing power and bandwidth.

There is a whole host of reasons to use Ares for your filesharing needs. There are plenty of peer-to-peer systems out there, but not too many have 100 million files on them. In addition, very few of them are free of spyware and viruses. You owe it to yourself to try the most popular P2P system today, and download Ares.

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Anu Kool asked:


The internet has given us so many things. We can now do almost everything just by connecting to the internet. We can socialize with others by chatting with them through software like Yahoo Messenger. We can also use Friendster.com and MySpace.com to keep in touch with our valued friends. We can buy things through the internet. We just use our credit cards to purchase those items and they’ll deliver those things you bought right at your doorstep. We can read books, articles, etc. on the internet. We can research about much stuff by using search engines such as google.com and yahoo.com. It’s almost like you don’t need a book. You can search for recipes and learn more other things through the web. We can learn how to use software like an editing tool by reading guides online. We can read about reviews and previews of movies, TV shows before watching them. Furthermore, we can now watch those films and TV shows online. We can also listen to music. Indeed the internet has given as all these and the best part of it is that it can all be actually for free. Many software and websites give you the ability to watch everything you want while staying online. Even if you want to own those video and audio files, the internet has something for you.

There is much software available online which allows you to download all the files you want for free. Software like LimeWire, BearShare and BitTorrent will give you access to all the files you need. You can get videos, audios, applications, and many more by using any of this software. But if you want to have the best software for downloading all those free files, then you better download Kazaa Lite K++. Kazaa Lite K++ is a peer to peer file sharing application. It is a modified version of the popular Kazaa Media Desktop.

Kazaa Media Desktop, also known as the Original Kazaa, was developed by Sharman Networks. Both these applications look very similar, and have identical features. The big difference that made Kazaa Lite K++ different is that it does not contain any spyware and adware unlike the Original Kazaa. Kazaa Lite K++ provides sharing of all kinds of media and software. That means that you can get all those files without even paying a single cent. It uses the FastTrack P2P network system which makes it a ‘FastTrack’ Client. You can pause downloads whenever you want. You can turn off your PC and then restart that download without any problems. There are many features of Kazaa Lite K++ like better multi-source downloading, highest possible participation level and debugging options. To install Kazaa Lite K++, you need at least Internet Explorer 4, Windows Media Player 6.4, Visual Basic Runtime Files 6 and Win95 or higher.

Kazaa Lite K++ must be the most powerful application for downloading media and software. With it, you can have anything you want without even worrying of viruses that would affect your computer.

To download the latest version of Kazaa Lite K++ visit

http://FreeKazaaLite.net/



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Bill Reed asked:


Illegal downloading of songs is all the rage these days but should the record companies be up in arms? In the beginning there was Thomas Edison’s phonograph with the cylindrical records that, although amazing for their time, sounded awful. There was no electronic amplification and the player had to cranked by hand to produce sound. But it was recorded music (or speech). Next came the record disk in 78 and 45 and 33 rpm (revolutions per minute) speeds. The quality of the sound steadily improved over the years as the stylus (or cartridge) changed from crystal to ceramic to magnetic. More improvement came with the changes in stylus from metal (yes metal!) to sapphire to diamond.

Other changes to the recording industry included improvements to the stereo systmes used to play and amplify the music. Monorail gave way to stereo and 4 channel systems. Then came surround sound and 5,6,7:1 systems. Vacuum tubes were replaced by transistors and then stereo systems morphed into min-computer systems. In fact, most modern computers sound better than just about any music system from 10-15 years ago.

The mediums for recorded music have changed over the years as well. Cassette tapes were introduced that could not only be played but recorded to as well. Albums could then be copied from friends for free but the quality suffered through the recording process. 8-track casette tapes were also available but never really caught on and recording on them even less so.

Around 1982 compact discs were introduced to consumers to replace the vinyl record. For a very ling time CD’s and records were sold side-by-side in the record stores with the records slowly disappearing from the shelves. Since records needed time to “recover” between sessions you could only listen to a song so many times per day. Also records were prone to scratching. Some record companies responded by putting out limited pressing record that were more expensive and produced better quality sound. CD’s could be played over and over again with no degrading of quality since there was no physical contact with the disc. A laser read the digital data stored on the CD. There was a protective layer between the elements and the data. Being in a digital format the CD could also be read from a multimedia computer and saved to a hard drive. Super audio cd’s (SACD) came out later.

By 1993 MP3’s were available on the internet but only the most advanced users had even heard of them or could play them. Mp3’s quickly gained popularity because they were free and didn’t take up valuable and expensive space on your computer. MP3 sites sprung up where users could easly download the songs they wanted for free. The release of Napster in 1999 changed everyting. The free application allowed users to search for and download songs with ease. Files were shared amongst users and even the newest and yougest computer users could figure out how to get free music.

The problem with MP3’s, however, is that the quality of the sound is poor. These files are recorded with much of the data stripped away so that the resulting music file sounds terrible. MP3’s can also be recorded at different bit rates so the quality of the songs on the file-sharing networks can vary tremendously. Downloading songs from peer-to-peer systems can also give you more spyware and virus than you would ever want. It is for these reasons that the record companies should emprace the free filesharing systems. Users can find songs that they heard on the radio (not the best quality either) and verify which songs they like. Listeners can also find new artists here as well. On Napster there was a feature that you could look at the songs a particular user had in their filesystems. Very often if a user liked the same songs as you then they had similar tastes. I’ve discoverd hundreds of new artist buy searching users’s lists of favorites. Once I’ve found a song or artist I like then I buy the CD since that is where I get the absolute best quality sound for the money. There is nothing worse than trying to listen to a low-quality MP3 – even when it’s free.



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Yodle asked:


Point/Counterpoint Part I: The RIAA is Evil

It has been known for quite some time that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a “monster” in some of the most literal definitions of the word- it is a massive, powerful and hateful organization that preys on the defenseless with unflinching malice. Since 2003, they have filed over 35,000 lawsuits against any and every kind of person while being backed up by a force of thousands of formidable lawyers. And while some of these cases might have had legal ground to stand on, others have just been downright despicable. Whether it’s suing children or the deceased, the RIAA has proven that there are no depths too low for them to sink to.

So to give you an idea as to just how villainous they really are, we’ve compiled a list of the RIAA’s most outrageous and offensive lawsuits.

Laser Printer Pirate

If you thought that you had to be a human being to fall under the radar of the RIAA, guess again. Though technically not a lawsuit, the following case has become known as one of the funniest examples of the RIAA’s stupidity. In August 2007, 13 takedown notices were sent to the University of Washington demanding them to stop pirating music. However, what makes this story so ridiculous is that several of the machines accused of pirating music were actually laser printers connected to the school’s network. Now, I’m not sure how a laser printer would be able to download music but I’m assuming that it involves printing out the lyrics or something equally absurd- or it’s just a great example of the RIAA’s incompetence.

But despite the humorous nature of the story, the University of Washington wanted to prove that this is no laughing matter and published a report about the takedown notices to emphasize the seriousness of the situation.

“Our results show that potentially any Internet user is at risk for receiving [takedown notices] today. Whether a false positive sent to a user that has never even used BitTorrent or a truly infringing user that relies on incomplete IP blacklists, there is currently no way for anyone to wholly avoid the risk of complaints.”

No Computer, No Problem for the RIAA

To illustrate the point made in the University of Washington paper about nobody being safe from the RIAA – including those who have never even used Bittorrent – the next case involves a woman who has never even used a computer. Marie Lindor from Brooklyn, New York opened her mailbox one day probably expecting her normal flood of coupons and letters from grandchildren, but instead found a greeting card from the RIAA inviting her to either join them in the courtroom or pay a $4500 “No thank you” fee, otherwise known as a “settlement.”

So you might want to think that the RIAA dismissed the case after she patiently explained to them that she’s never used a computer, has no idea what a Bittorrent is and hasn’t heard of pirating outside of childhood stories about Blackbeard. But that’s not what happened – the RIAA has “principles.” Instead, they ignored the facts and pointed out that she had an unsecure wireless modem set up in her apartment from a few years back when her son had briefly set up a computer there for personal use. However, the dates the RIAA provided of when the pirating took place wasn’t even during that brief time period, so even this doesn’t explain anything.

In all likelihood, someone from another apartment connected without permission to her wireless modem and pirated music – since the modem was not password protected – and now she has to pay for it. Just one more lesson learnt about the dangers of both unencrypted wireless networks and evil soulless organizations like the RIAA.

Copyrights over Human Rights

Imagine you’re the parent of a sick teenage girl suffering from pancreatitis who’s regularly hospitalized and needs a cell transplant or she faces death. Then, one day, you’re sorting through the medical bills and you come across another bill – except this one isn’t from the hospital, it’s from the RIAA demanding thousands of dollars in fines because they say your daughter illegally downloaded Justin Timberlake’s “Bringing **** Back.”

That’s the heartbreaking story that unfolded with 19 year old Ciara Sauro from Pittsburgh who has been confined to a hospital bed for a large part of her life. At the time they received the lawsuit, her mother Lisa made only $8.25 an hour at work and spent the remainder of her time at the bedside of her daughter helping her fight off the ailment. But now they have to fight off another sickness – the depravity of the RIAA.

The lawsuit calls for a settlement of nearly $8,000 for downloading roughly 10 songs, but Ciara insists the RIAA has no idea what they’re talking about.

“Look and see where [the downloads] came from, and look and see that it’s not me. It’s not fair to do to me,” said Ciara. “I already have severe depression. I mean, it’s so hard to sit there and think that I have to get in trouble for something that I didn’t do. It’s not fair.”

Of course it’s not fair, Ciara – but then again the RIAA isn’t interested in what’s fair. They’re just interested in money.

Better off Dead

In case you were under the impression that you had to be living to receive a lawsuit, think again. It seems that even the dead can’t rest in peace when the RIAA so wishes. This is what happened with 83-year old grandmother Gertrude Walton from Virginia who died months before the lawsuit was filed in 2005 accusing her of illegally sharing up to 700 songs over the internet. However, Gertrude’s daughter Robin says that her mother hated computers and refused to even have one in the house.

Knowing that the lawsuit must be based on false grounds – and because the accused was now deceased – Robin responded to the RIAA’s warning with a letter that included her mother’s death certificate and an explanation that they must be mistaken. But then, a week later, Robin and her deceased mother received the official lawsuit in the mail.

Though eventually an RIAA spokesperson said that they would try to dismiss the case, is there any compensation that they’re being forced to pay for interrupting the grieving process with an outlandish lawsuit? Maybe when hell freezes over, destroying all the RIAA’s demonic attorneys.

Like Stealing Candy from a Baby

They’re never too young for the RIAA. In what has become one of the most notorious lawsuits they have ever pursued, young 12 year old Brianna LaHara found herself at the center of the RIAA’s crosshairs in 2003 after she was accused of downloading over 1,000 copyrighted songs through the filesharing service Kazaa. Though she had downloaded the songs, she had only done so because her parents paid $30 a month to Kazaa for access to their music service – which deceptively didn’t actually give them the right to download music.

And though Brianna’s parents were a poor working class family that lived in a New York tenement, the RIAA originally tried suing them for an astronomical $150,000 per song. Sound a little extreme? Not to the RIAA.

“Nobody likes playing the heavy and having to resort to litigation,” said RIAA president Cary Sherman. “But when your product is being regularly stolen, there comes a time when you have to take appropriate action.”

So apparently suing a low-income family for millions of dollars is what Cary Sherman considers “appropriate.” But if that’s so, the next time that guy steps on my shoe, I’ll just throw him into traffic. It’s what I would personally consider “appropriate action.”

Though ultimately the lawsuit was settled for $2,000, it just goes to show the role that strongman intimidation plays in the image of the RIAA.

Don’t Worry… For Now

Though the RIAA is by no means any less evil, starting in 2009 they decided to stop pursuing lawsuits against individuals and have now focused on attacking ISPs. So you can rest easy knowing that at least the plague of individual lawsuits during the dark ages of the RIAA are over, but don’t think you’re in the clear just yet. Piracy has been changing the face of the recording industry for over a decade now and it’s only increasing over time. And though it has now been widely proven that piracy can often be good for artists, especially struggling independent musicians, the RIAA will be undoubtedly cooking up another evil scheme in some dark basement at one of their headquarters to ***** the consumer and prevent progress. But if there’s one lesson we’ve learnt from Rome, it’s that every empire must one day fall. Let’s just hope that day is sometime soon because I hear U2’s new album is coming out soon and I got a torrent with their name on it.



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