Thursday, May 19, 2011

Limewire



Please be Patient, and Check ALL these postings often. We are sorting out over 20,000 Screen captures representing thousands of research hours. The history of CNET/CBS Interactive promoting Piracy software is staggering. Over 1,000 different software offerings, Several hundred instances of mentioning copyright infringing uses, often with known copyrighted songs or famous band names. Although some of these pages are ten years old, you must remember that CNET has been distributing LimeWire software since at least February 2001.

We have substantial evidence going right up until the year 2011. Moreover, just since CBS bought CNET, they have distributed over 50,000,000 downloads of LimeWire alone! Over 250,000,000 downloads of LimeWire in Total.
Please, keep in mind as you review this evidence, "What was CNET's Intent?"


Front page Napster Alternatives feature on CNET's Download.com Linux Software FRont Page / Landing Page June 24 2001


This link is bad, and I can't get at the article. . . . . YET. . . .DAMN. You can see that LimeWire was the Most Popular Download for Linux Software.


CNET Sold CD-Roms of top Software Downloads of the year.
Feb 2 2002 ( These CNET CD-ROM's MUST have featured LimeWire, BearShare, iMesh and Kazaa!
Front Page Cnet Downloads Promoting the CD


The Actual CNET Ordering and Info Page.



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LimeWire for Macintosh Computers has been downloaded from CNET's Download.com at least 25 Million Times. Those figures are never mentioned in the press.

The Addition of the Mac and Linux versions alone boost the total LimeWire CNET Download.com figures to over a QUARTER OF A BILLION!

There are STILL international versions of LimeWire and all of the downloads from LimeWire Pro to discover.

Limewire for Mac Classic just the downloads up to May 24 2010 from CNET's Download.com



LimeWire for Mac OS X 5.5.8
17,064,583 Downloads just up until May 22 2010 from CNET's Download.com
(Final Tally as of LimeWire's Last Day being offered on CNET, 17,092,167)
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The Top Downloaded Mac Software Chart for P2P Showing LimeWire was both of the Top Spots
Courtesy of the Internet Wayback Machine
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"Rival services prepare for Napster onslaught"
Published on CNET March 1 2001

"File-sharing is just the tip of the iceberg--the Gnutella network has the potential to become an alternative not just to Napster, but to the World Wide Web itself," LimeWire CEO Mark Gorton said in a statement.

I cannot find a working copy of the video embedded in this article.















Copyrighted Artist "RadioHead" shown in LimeWire sample Screen shot on CNET Download.com. This is an unusual example. Radiohead's new album was not popular in the USA until a RadioHead CD was offered on Napster 3 months before it's official release. Literally, the Napster release did make Radiohead famous. However, the RadioHead group was signed to a LABEL. The Label as far as I know owned the copyright.



CNET constantly shows Copyrighted Material in LimeWire Screen Shots, right up until 2010.
This sample if from a Front Page feature "Spotlight" on LimeWire. The known copyrighted band in clearly shown in the search field.


The detail shot is from this CNET Download.com WINDOWS PC Audio Landing Page. Click any Image to view LARGER!
http://web.archive.org/web/20010921111402/http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-1857922.html


CNET Used the ColdPlay Band in the LimeWire Image for the Linux Version of LimeWire on the Front Page of the CNET Down,load.com Linux Software Section.

Coldplay is clearly in the Screen Capped Image April 8 2002
These front page featured seemed to usually last a week. Here is a link to the same week as the LINUX LimeWire version as seem above.

May 14 2002

Radiohead used ONCE AGAIN to promote the Macintosh Version of LimeWire on CNET's Download.com





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CNET Download.com: Power Downloader: "You don't Need Napster to Keep the Music Playing"

The following article from CNET's Download.com was offering advice to current Napster Users to recommend what alternative p2p software to use when the Napster system finally gets shut down.

LimeWire was one of the Five P2P software downloads recommended. Click any image for a full screen view!

CNET Download.com QUOTE:

"But while Napster will, in all likelihood, become a fee-based service, can downloaders hungry for free music find MP3s outside of the famous feline file-sharing application? Power Downloader to the rescue: While it may be too late to save Napster, our man has collected five alternatives that will let you download and share music to your heart's content."


The CNET "Power Downloader" article "You Don't Need Napster to keep the Music Playing",
courtesy of the "Internet Wayback Machine".
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The CNET "Power Downloader" article "You Don't Need Napster to keep the Music Playing",
courtesy of the "Internet Wayback Machine".

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CNET Article QUOTE:
"Freenet is supposedly safe from the prying eyes of Big Brother. Unfortunately, the project is still under development, and it is not user-friendly; for example, it doesn't have a working search function at present. Nevertheless, Power's keeping an eye on this download; it has the potential to be the RIAA's worst nightmare."
What do YOU think the "Intent" of this CNET Download.com feature was?
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As a SPECIAL SURPRISE BONUS, This feature article is Still live today on CNET Asia and ZDnet Australia. ( I guess they didn't get the memo! Oppps!)

CNET Asia

Download Napster Alternatives Here STILL LIVE!

The ORIGINAL CNET "Power Downloader" article "You Don't Need Napster to keep the Music Playing",
courtesy of the "Internet Wayback Machine".


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The following August 2007 CNET Download.com Blog posting opens with THIS bold confession of LimeWire's use;

QUOTE: "LimeWire is best known as the latest in a long chain of software that makes it easy to find and download music for free, replacing Napster, Grokster, eDonkey, Kazaa, and all the other applications and networks that shut down or cracked down on the sharing of copyrighted material."

Then embedded in the same article is a CNET Download.com button directly linking to the LimeWire Software. CNET Download.com / CBS Interactive went on to distribute over 80 million additional LimeWire downloads

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The original posting LimeWire posting ,courtesy of the "Internet Wayback Machine".

http://web.archive.org/web/20070818022325/http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-9760412-12.html
As the article appears today. Still with the CNET Download.com download widget.





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After Napster was Shut down as a Free Music Piracy Service, by Federal Court Order, CNET and ZDNET offered many different ways for Napster users to continue to use the Napster system. CNET offered additional downloads such a Napigator, and tutorials to effectively allow Napster users to continue using the original Napster System.

Both CNET and ZDnet offered published comparison tests using known copyrighted media and suggested alternatives as informed guidance to the former Napster users. Here LimeWire is recommended in glowing words. QUOTE: "After big networks such as Napster were shut down, programs such as LimeWire stepped into the gap. At first glance, this product shines"
CNET is promoting the LimeWire software as a suitable replacement for Napster.

Original Image Below of LimeWire Classic for Macintosh Computers from the "Internet Wayback Machine" in February 2004.
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Top 5 Search Terms on Download.com in 2007
LimeWire, WinRar, Ares,AVG, Nero



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CNET Forum Community Newsletter;

Community Newsletter: Q&A forum: Is peer-to-peer software such as LimeWire legal and safe to use?

http://forums.cnet.com/7726-10149_102-2427968.html

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http://forums.cnet.com/7726-10149_102-2427968.html

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http://forums.cnet.com/7726-10149_102-2427968.html

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QUOTE BY CNET STAFF: "6) Currently it's legal to get and illegal to give. on the legality of downloading music and movies; technically it is legal to download whatever you can get your hands on from any service available. HOWEVER, it is illegal to share anything on your computer with other users.

So for example, you can download "The Matrix" or a "Beatles album" onto your computer from any site, service, or user legally no matter how "underground" the method is. "

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Live URL Article on CNET today demonstrating the prowess of LimeWire at downloading known copyrighted titles. YES, This is on CNET Today!




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CNET conducted several published tests of various File Sharing software offerings, particularly "LimeWire". LimeWire is clearly used to locate Copyrighted material AVAILABLE for download and rated the software primarily on that characteristic. in the following published CNET Review.

( A review of P2P Software which is STILL LIVE on CNET to this day)


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Archive.org, The Internet Wayback Machine Link


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Archive.org The Internet Wayback Machine Link

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Archive.org The Internet Wayback Machine Link

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Live URL on CNET! NOW! . . . Go see! . . . Before they take it down!

Live URL on CNET! NOW! . . . Go see! . . . Before they take it down!

Live URL on CNET! NOW! . . . Go see! . . . Before they take it down!


ORIGINAL HERE on the Internet Wayback Machine
STILL LIVE! on Cnet Today! QUICK! Go See! Before they Take it down!


SEE the Original STILL LIVE TODAY on CNET

SEE the original "Tests" still posted LIVE on CNET today!


These CNET "File Sharing Tests were Linked to From EVERYWHERE on CNET's Extended Sites for Months!


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SEE The Same Test STILL LIVE TODAY! Influenced a Decade of LimeWire Users

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Archive.org The Internet Wayback Machine Link
http://web.archive.org/web/20010304121848/http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/prespick/0301/index.html


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Preston's Picks
"After Napster the Beat Goes on"
Limewire Included

I Swear that every hour that I search, I find two more Articles Like THIS! Look at the Links around it! Look at the inline links in the article.

"After Napster, The Beat Goes On" ZDNET March 3 2001 "Preston's Picks"

I truly believe that a Federal Judge will not be pleased with the tone of these articles.

• Shows Contempt for the Courts and the rule of Law:

The report begins; "Ignore What the Courts Rule about Napster"

"Ignore what the courts ultimately rule about Napster: free file-sharing is here to stay. The music industry can unleash all the lawyers in the world, but it still can’t stop it. There are dozens of alternatives to Napster, and more are popping up each day."

• The writer specifically choses "Limewire" as "My Current favorite file sharing software"

My current favorite file-sharing software is LimeWire. This one rates high on my coolness scale: It puts each of your search terms in its own tab, and in this way lets you have many searches open simultaneously. It also lets you share all kinds of files – not just music files – such as programs, pictures, and videos.

• Recommends Guidance for Suitable Alternatives: Under the Header of "Find Free Music"

"If Napster dies, fear not. File sharing will still live and thrive,
thanks in large part to Gnutella and the Gnutella file-sharing network."

• Recommends "LimeWire" ( Gnutella based) as a superior system;
"It also lets you share all kinds of files – not just music files – such as programs, pictures, and videos."

• Recommends Lime Wire as a Faster System

"It puts each of your search terms in its own tab, and in this way lets you have many searches open simultaneously."


• If Napster Dies, You can Keep using it through these Live Inline links to the software,

"Even if Napster does go down the tubes, you’ll still be able to share files using it,
through what are called OpenNap servers – private file-sharing servers not controlled
by Napster and thus largely beyond the reaches of the music industry.
Napigator lets you use Napster in concert with OpenNap servers."

• The P2P Software downloads are lined up along the right side of the page,
WITH CD Ripping and Burning Software for Easy
Reference.

• Article ends with a link at the bottom right thats called "Rip It, Burn It"

Archive.org The Internet Wayback Machine Link
http://web.archive.org/web/20010304121848/http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/prespick/0301/index.html



URL for Above ZDNET Downloads Page Featuring LIMEWIRE!

http://web.archive.org/web/20040401133449/http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3150-2166-0.html


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CNET Roundup File-Sharing Blowout! CNET Reviews 10 P2P apps!
NOTICE that Limewire is included in this Handy CNET Test!

Click Image to ENLARGE! It's Sooooo Easy to See Full Screen Size!



Links to this Useful Features Chart with Live inline Links to Download the Software! Of Course it Still links to the Actual CNET Produced Test Chart using real Copyrighted Artist and Band Names!

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OH, WOW! Now, this TEST CHART IS HANDY! Every would be Music Pirate would think "Hey! It's Okay for CNET to do it, It must be OKAY!"

"Oh, and Look! The Live inline Links to Download THE SOFTWARE! COOL! and Super Easy Tutorials! How Tos and Tips Pages! ALL RIGHT! and LIVE call-in or email-in shows to ask the CNET hosts/staff questions! " "Let the Pirate Ship set sale Mateys"


Click the Image to make the Image Larger, "Ye Scalliwag!"
Limewire on ZDNET, 65 Search results in "Software" for the keyword "Limewire in 2009

http://web.archive.org/web/20090218234947/http://downloads.zdnet.com/search.aspx?kw=limewire






http://web.archive.org/web/20011202002933/http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,10615,70031,00.html

Archive.org The Internet Wayback Machine Link


How connected are CBS/Cnet and Limewire UP UNTIL Limewire was SHUT DOWN??? ? Watch this video to see the close connection they enjoyed. They had a COZY TEN year long association. These are ALL FAIR USE IMAGES!

Video Created JUST BEFORE LIMEWIRE CLOSED DOWN FOREVER! SHOWS SOFTWARE WAS ON CNET'S SERVERS


Limewire Download Pages on Archive.org



MP3 Insider "File Sharing Smackdown" Test July 27, 2001 on CNET. LimeWire came in First Place for Mac and 2nd Place OverAll. Tested against Known Copyrighted Bands of Course.

Limewire 1.8 CNET Downloads Page Dec 17 2001 7,805,459

Limewire 1.8 CNET Downloads Nov 24 2001 7,340,390

Limewire 1.8 Nov 20 2001 Download Page Cnet 7,248,777

Limewire 1.8 Nov 16 2001 Download Page Cnet 7,125,550


LIMEWIRE for MAC October 18 2001, The PC Download Numbers NEVER Reflected the MAC, Pro or International Editions.

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2002 Limewire on CNET.



Limewire 2.4.4 CNET Downloads June 10 2002 12,923,935

Limewire 2.5.4 CNET Downloads Aug 3 2002 13,770,787
ATTENTION PAY BUTTON APPEARS

Limewire 2.6.3 CNET Downloads Oct 2 2002 PAY BUTTON APPEARS 14,793,983


Limewire 2.7.9 CNET Downloads Dec 1 2002 15,017,519



2003 LIMEWIRE on CNET.

Limewire 2.8.4 CNET Downloads Feb 1 2003 15,175,473

Limewire 2.9.8 CNET Downloads April 16 2003 15,302,040

Limewire 3.5.7 CNET Downloads Oct 3 2003 16,349,122

Limewire 3.6.14 CNET Downloads Dec 5 2003 17,266,718

Limewire 3.6.14 CNET Downloads Dec 10 2003 17,358,499
(Review Begins "After big networks such as Napster were shut down, programs such as LimeWire stepped into the gap."

2004 LIMEWIRE on CNET.

Limewire 3.6.14 CNET Downloads Feb 4 2004 18,515,691

Limewire 3.8.9 April 1 2004, ON ZDNET ARE THESE NUMBERS INCLUDED INTO THE CNET TOTALS? 1,144,844

LImewire 3.8.9 CNET Downloads April 5 2004 20,291,717

Limewire 4.0.5 CNET Downloads May 27 2004 22,419,767
Review NOW Begins "From its start as a post-Napster clone to its leading role as the quintessential Gnutella client"

Limewire 4.0.5 CNET Downloads June 5 2004 22,219,767

Limewire 4.0.5 CNET Downloads Jun 14 2004 22,732,430

Limewire 4.0.5 CNET Downloads Jun 15 2004 22,771,903

Limewire 4.0.6 CNET Downloads June 22 2004 23,078,879

Limewire 4.0.6 CNET Downloads June 26 2004 23,199,382

Limewire 4.0.6 CNET Downloads June 27 2004 23,237,145

Limewire 4.0.7 CNET Downloads June 29 2004 23,313,374

Limewire 4.0.7 CNET Downloads June 30,2004 23,354,776
NEW VERSION POSTED DAY BEFORE JUNE 29, 2004

Limewire 4.0.7 CNET Downloads July 10 2004 23,760,853

Limewire 4.0.7 CNET Downloads July 25 2004 24,429,780

Limewire 4.0.8 CNET Downloads Aug 5 2004 MORNING Different URL Time 7:21:40

Limewire 4.0.8 CNET Downloads Aug 5 2004 24,900,079

Limewire 4.0.8 CNET Downloads Aug 6 2004 24,998,245

Limewire 4.0.8 CNET Downloads Aug 9 2004 25,094,828

Limewire 4.0.8 CNET Downloads Aug 9 2004 LATER TIME in the Day 23:46:40
25,187,859

Limewire 4.0.8 CNET Downloads Aug 10 2004 25,187,859

Limewire 4.0.8 CNET Dowmloads Aug 11 2004 25,237,306

Limewire 4.0.8 CNET Downloads Aug 14 2004 EARLIER in Day ( 12:28:10) Aug 14 2004 25,395,208
http://replay.web.archive.org/20040814122810/http://www.download.com/3000-2166-10051892.html

Limewire 4.0.8 CNET Downloads Aug 13 2004 25,348,610

Limewire 4.0.8 CNET Downloads Aug 14 2004( 23:45:25 at Night) 25,444,738

Limewire 4.0.8 CNET Downloads Aug 15 2004 25,444,738

Limewire 4.0.8 CNET downloads August 16 2004 25,491,465

Limewire 4.0.8 CNET Downloads Aug 18 2004 25,599,783

Limewire 4.0.8 CNET Downloads Aug 19 2004 25,658,900

Limewire 4.0.8 CNET Downloads Aug 24 2004 25,907,435

Limewire 4.0.8 CNET Downloads Aug 27 2004 26,066,646

Limewire 4.0.8 CNET Downloads Aug 28 2004 26,118,830

Limewire 4.0.8 CNET Downloads Aug 30 2004 26,227,535

Limewire 4.0.8 CNET downloads Sep 1 2004 26,356,688

Limewire 4.0.8 CNET Downloads Sept 19 2004 27,403,101

Limewire 4.08 CNET Downloads Oct 12 2004 28,788,089

Limewire 4.0.8 CNET Downloads Oct 25 2004 29,561,191

Limewire 4.0.8 CNET Downloads Nov 13 2004 30,894,695

Limewire 4.2.2 CNET Downloads Nov 22 2004 31,605,484

LIMEWIRE on CNET DOWNLOADS 2005

LIMEWIRE on CNET Downloads 2006

LIMEWIRE on CNET DOWNLOADS 2007

LIMEWIRE on CNET DOWNLOADS 2008

CBS Acquires CNET on June 25, 2008

LimeWire 4.18 CNET Total Downloads 151,344,578 WEEK 980,073 July 4, 2008

LimeWire 4.18 CNET Total Downloads 151,472,300 WEEK 980,073 July 5 2008

LimeWire 4.18 CNET Total Downloads 151,590,740 WEEK 980,073 July 6 2008

LimeWire 4.18 CNET Total Downloads 151,714,391 WEEK 980,073 July 7, 2008

LimeWire 4.18 CNET Total Downloads 151,843,668 WEEK 932,973 July 8 2008

LimeWire 4.18 CNET Total Downloads 151,969,831 WEEK 932,973 July 9 2008

LimeWire 4.18 CNET Total DownLoads 152,091,241 WEEK 932,973 July 10 2008

LimeWire 4.18 CNET Total Downloads 152,334,078 WEEK 932,973 July 11 2008

LimeWire 4.18 CNET Total Downloads 152,452,975 WEEK 932,973 JULY 12 2008

LimeWire 4.18 CNET Total Downloads 152,578,671 WEEK 932,973 July 13 2008

LimeWire 4.18 CNET Total Downloads 152,705,618 WEEK 861,950 July 14 2008

LimeWire 4.18 CNET Total Downloads 152,825,692 WEEK 861,950 July 16 2008

LimeWire 4.18 CNET Total Downloads 152,941,308 WEEK 861,950 July 17 2008

LimeWire 4.18 CNET Total Downloads 153,054,352 WEEK 861,950 July 18, 2008


LimeWire 4.18 CNET Total Downloads 153,170,110 WEEK 861,950 July 19 2008

LIMEWIRE on CNET DOWNLOADS 2009
ZDNET alone offered 65 different downloads that matched the keyword search for "LimeWire" on February 18 2009
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LimeWire 5.1.2 Total CNET Downloads 178,538,816 May 19 2009
(ABOVE) LimeWire 5.1.3 CNET Downloads TOP P2P Software May 22 2010 Total to Date: 206,294,091 Last Week 320,818
http://web.archive.org/web/20100522015709/http://download.cnet.com/windows/p2p-file-sharing-software/

LimeWire 5,1,3 Total CNET Downloads Last Week 510,472 June 19 2009


LIMEWIRE ON CNET DOWNLOADS 2010

LimeWire 5.4.6 Total CNET Downloads 197,515,495 Last Week 543,757 Jan 6 2010

Limewire 5.5.8 Total CNET Downloads 206,294,091 Last Week 320,818 May 22 2010
Posted by OneCandleintheDark at 12:56 PM
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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 23, 2011 at 10:12 AM

    Holy shit.
    DUDE YOU GOT MY SUPPORT!

    i signed all the petitions, i sent the stuff to representatives, i tweeted, and i created a facebook status and linked all of my friends to it, one name at a time.

    is there anything else i can do?
    let me know!

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  2. AspJanuary 2, 2012 at 11:35 AM

    Got a couple of questions. 1) Do you regularly screen capture web sites? 2) How do we know these are true screen captures? It seems a little strange that you've been keeping track of this for, what, 10 years? While I'm willing to believe your information, I'm not willing to share it w/o vetting it. BTW, since I've never downloaded any of these programs (or even looked @ downloading them) I have no frame of reference for your info.

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  3. UnknownJanuary 5, 2012 at 9:35 AM

    I've had friends I've explained this to say "what? steal their own music? why?" Here is why:
    If you sell a song you have to give a royalty to the singer, songwriter, producer, etc. You lose a big cut of your profit. If you pirate a song and put ads on the page, those people can't take a cut.

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  4. Zero254January 20, 2012 at 11:59 AM

    Fun fact about Kazaa and grokster.

    they are the exact same program with a skin swap.

    They actually forgot to fix the taskbar to stop saying kazaa when you hover your mouse over it in the earlier builds.

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  5. IWantInternetBackFebruary 10, 2012 at 1:00 AM

    How can you even come here, comment and ask if this is legit or not? It would take even longer to actually fake these sites. Also don't freaking comment before you read it all, BECAUSE YOU MISS THE POINT and IMPORTANT information and LINKS, which would change your opinion and blow your ape-shit, if you did.

    And who the freck are you to question this information? Don't you love your.... internet?

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  6. dennismstampsMay 24, 2012 at 6:30 PM

    This comment has been removed by the author.

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  7. dennismstampsMay 24, 2012 at 6:34 PM

    Holy frick... if the majority of the populace knew about all this...

    And those of you question the Internet Wayback Machine... try it for yourself! Try it on any website that's been around for years. You'll quickly discover that it returns REAL copies of former webpages.

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