Who Needs File Sharing?

A Lake George man sued over downloaded music. Noah Wells is among the 19 New Yorkers and 75 Americans targeted in the latest crackdown on illegal file-sharing. Wells was cited for downloading 10 songs -- by N Sync, Collective Soul, Don Henley, the Outfield, Billy Idol, U2, Def Leppard, Pearl Jam, Lenny Kravitz and Eve. Not just downloading, but distributing them as well, through file sharing programs such as eDonkey, Bearshare, and Kazaa, and LimeWire.

Liz Kennedy, a spokeswoman for RIAA, said that under the U.S. Copyright Law, damages call for $750 per work stolen, with a maximum fine of $150,000.

If it were illegal to download songs off the internet, we'd all be in trouble, but of course what they're referring to is file sharing, downloading and redistributing songs without permission.

Bu I have found a better way of finding new music and sharing it with friends, and it's not illegal, and it's free. One of those sites I use frequently use is Finetune.com. I have one play list for Classic Country Music. I intend on making more later. But making a play list is a little difficult, because you have to have 45 songs in your play list before you can hear the full version of each song, otherwise you can only hear 30 seconds of each song before your play list is complete. Also each play list can only include 3 songs from 15 different artists. But all that aside, I like Finetune.com., and plan on using it more often.

And if you like classic rock concerts, check out http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/. There's a registration process, but it's free, and it's simple and its all 100% legal. And there's no downloading involved, it's all stream loaded. There are 100's of great classic rock concerts to choose from. So who needs file sharing?

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