File sharing without downloading

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April 24, 2005 at 12:57 am #18029

ice-cajun
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I looking for the web site for a program that you share music without downloading. I have seen it on here but can’t seem to find it.

Thanks

April 24, 2005 at 1:18 am #120161

AwesomeSauce
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Maybe you’re thinking of Mercora? 🙂

April 25, 2005 at 10:10 am #120163

Rusty
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Eww you have to pay? Horrible I hate paying.

April 25, 2005 at 1:04 pm #120162

AwesomeSauce
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And no, you don’t have to pay.

June 14, 2005 at 7:15 am #120160

cjdelphi
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I’m curious as to why you think you can play music without downloading, technically it’s impossible to get, listen/see something without downloading if you’re talking about files/streams over the net.

but i think you mean without saving the file to disk, like http://www.shoutcast.com and launchcast.

June 14, 2005 at 2:01 pm #120156

Jeff Hester
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I agree cjdelphi I was thinking the exact same thing.

June 15, 2005 at 8:14 pm #120157

Jeff Hester
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maybe he/she/you means uploading? if /you/ do mean uploading (sharing files with others) you can disable uploading on WinMX (http://winmx.com/, no spyware) and most other P2P clients (read documentation, search google).

if he/she/you does mean downloading, /you/ may be interested in BitTorrent. if you have your own band (or any other type of group that shares digital files) this “network” will probably be the best for you. this is because you can share you music (and w.e. you want) with tons of people without wasting tons of bandwidth (as long as you have seeders). seeders are clients that are sharing your files. if your band has a couple members and fans, they can help distribute your music. this way you’re not downloading anything of value from the RIAA (or anyone else) and you are sharing your music (and other junk) with the rest of the /world/.

BitTorrent Information: http://dessent.net/btfaq/

June 16, 2005 at 12:42 am #120159

Jeff Hester
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ice-cajun, could you be referring to Microsoft’s discontinued threedegrees project? One of threedegrees innovative features allowed you to create a shared playlist with the friends you were chatting with, and the songs streamed to everyone in the chat. It was really a very cool concept, though threedegrees itself didn’t take off in a big way.

Sadly, even the official http://www.threedegrees.com site is no more.

June 16, 2005 at 4:12 pm #120158

Jeff Hester
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Jeff wrote:

One of threedegrees innovative features allowed you to create a shared playlist with the friends you were chatting with, and the songs streamed to everyone in the chat. It was really a very cool concept, though threedegrees itself didn’t take off in a big way.

you can share your playlist with others here: http://webjay.org/. although it is very different than the service you describe, it does allow you to share your playlist. people can download “every” one of your songs, or not.
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