Thursday, May 19, 2011

Pages Encouraging Copyright Infringement



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, Keep asking yourself, "What was CNET's Intent?"




Featured on CNET's Download.com Landing Page for PC Audio and Video Software

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Actual "Download.com Blog Article"


CNET EDITOR QUOTE: "Although the RIAA hasn’t yet managed to litigate every file-sharing program out of existence, it has proven to be as tenacious as a pit bull and shows no signs of letting up. If the RIAA’s sue-em-all-and-let-God-sort-em-out tactics have got you sweating bullets every time you fire up LimeWire or iMesh, you might want to think about taking a look at a program called Grouper."


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MP3 Insider, File Sharing Smackdown Posting Date 7/27/2001
Senior Editor Eliot Van Buskirk

QUOTE: CNET Music Center's copy editor Brian Satterfield and I hunkered down to run a simple yet effective test on the top eight file-sharing applications. We ran searches for 18 band names using each of these clients, all of which are flourishing in the absence of Napster. According to CNET Download.com, the eight most popular file-sharing programs are: Gnotella, KaZaa, LimeWire, BearShare, Gnucleus, Audiogalaxy, MusicCity Morpheus, and WinMX.

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The Live inline Link "Grouper" Links to the Actual "Grouper Software" on CNET's Download.com.
If the RIAA’s sue-em-all-and-let-God-sort-em-out tactics have got you sweating bullets every time you fire up LimeWire or iMesh, you might want to think about taking a look at a program called Grouper.


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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Click on the Image below! It is a different CNET Staff Member's review of the Grouper Software! This writer specifically points out that the software was designed NOT to trade MP3's to avoid legal issues!


The Link below goes to the Actual LIMEWIRE Software from the exact same week as the above Blog feature about "Grouper". Notice that the "Category" is "MP3 Search Tools"
http://web.archive.org/web/20050217044848/http://www.download.com/3000-2166_4-10051892.html
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The LINK Below goes to the "Terms of Use" for software "Uploaders". The Software that appears on "Download.com" must first be "Uploaded" at "Upload.com". There is goes through a rigorous approval process, down to the finest details including the words that may be used in the titles, descriptions AND THE CATEGORY. Where the editor's reserve the right to "Re-categorize" any software uploaded!




The OTHER inline linked words, direct you to an article on CNET's News.com; QUOTE: "Although the RIAA hasn’t yet managed to litigate every file-sharing program out of existence, it has proven to be as tenacious as a pit bull and shows no signs of letting up. If the RIAA’s sue-em-all-and-let-God-sort-em-out tactics have got you sweating bullets every time you fire up LimeWire or iMesh"

http://web.archive.org/web/20050311091705/http://news.com.com/RIAA+sues+717+file-swappers/2110-1027_3-5553517.html

What do YOU think the intent was of the article above? These are ALL fair Use images, gathered through analog means.





MP3 Essentials
CNET

IMPORTANT: This Feature article was published in MARCH 1999, Napster was NOT RELEASED until JUNE 1999. CNET was promoting MP3 Piracy far before Napster's Days! CNET CREATED the "Internet Piracy Phenomenon"


By CNET staff
(3/23/99)
If you love music and you're not hip to the MP3 beat, you're missing out. The next audio revolution is right outside your front door, or rather, right in front of your face.
The Net is the ultimate music resource--thanks to the burgeoning technology MP3. Short for MPEG 1, Audio Layer 3, MP3 is a digital audio format for quick-downloading files that sound almost as good as CDs. With an MP3 player, you can listen to free or very cheap music that you download from the Web. With a ripper and an encoder, you can create your own MP3 files from CDs that you own. Then you can transfer the MP3 files into a portable player and take the music with you anywhere you go.

But before you tune in to MP3, you'll need some software. We rounded up a virtual Circuit City's worth of MP3 downloads: players that let you listen to MP3s, search tools that help you find the MP3 files you want, rippers and encoders that let you make MP3 files from your own music collection, and, finally, all-in-one suites that let you do all of the above. Plus, we've even got MP3 downloads just for Mac users.

If you want your MP3 now, read on.

MP3 Search Tools
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Search tools take much of the drudgery out of hunting down MP3s.

The Net is brimming with MP3 audio files, but finding them can be a chore. Though the number of Web-based MP3 search engines is growing, real MP3 diggers need something stronger--software that scours the Net for music files.

MP3 Fiend "MP3 Search Tool"
(Patrick Sarnowski)
MP3 Fiend's reliability, performance, and simplicity make it our top pick in the search arena. Using simple keyword searches, MP3 Fiend queries 11 major MP3 search engines and returns a comprehensive list of results. It will even verify your search results to weed out dead links and work with automatic download managers such as GetRight or GoZilla to fetch the files. Plus, it's stable, easy to configure, and best of all, free.
( Downloaded at LEAST 367,000 times, that's just up until December 12, 2001 from CNET's Download.com)



>Mp3Leech 98 "MP3 Search Tool"
(Entropy Software)
With Mp3Leech at your side, you can simply type in the name of an artist, band, or song name, and the program will zap back a list of available MP3 files that meet your criteria. You can then retrieve files right away or schedule downloads for a later time.
( Downloaded at LEAST 135,623 times, that's just up August 28 2002 from CNET's Download.com)



Abe's MP3 Finder "MP3 Search Tool"
(Abe's Software)
In addition to MP3 searching capabilities, this program features support for GetRight to resume interrupted HTTP downloads, and HTTP link checking to verify the status of search results. One minor caveat: in order to download MP3s from FTP sites, you'll need to have CuteFTP installed on your system.
(Downloaded at LEAST 1,040,335 times, that's just up until Nov 17, 2001from CNET's Download.com)
Planet.MP3Find (Planet Group)
Via a Windows Explorer-like interface, this program shows you what's available at a particular FTP site before initiating a connection to the site.
( Downloaded at LEAST 161,600 times, that's just up until June 17 2001 from CNET's Download.com)
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MP3 Wolf "MP3 Search Tool "
(Trellian Software)
In addition to MP3s, this 'bot can also find MIDI and WAV files, as well as related FTP sites and resource links. It can even learn and map out the network, and thereby become better at locating files with each use. Search results appear in your Web browser.
(Downloaded at LEAST 25,200 times, that's just up until Oct 6 2000 from CNET's Download.com)


MP3 Voyeur 1.2 "MP3 Search Tool"
(Jawed Karim)
Unlike other MP3 search tools that scour the Net for MP3s, MP3 Voyeur scans local area networks (LANs). While this difference no doubt limits search range, it also gives MP3 Voyeur a distinct advantage: it never comes up with a dead link. Every MP3 file it finds is actually sitting on another computer somewhere on the network, and you can either play a file directly from the host computer or open the file's source folder and copy it to your own computer.
(Downloaded at LEAST 185,892 Times, that's just up until June 8 2004 from CNET's Download.com)


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You must look at these Screen Caps of CNET and ZDNET! Many of these go right up until 2011. What was the Intent Here?


ZDNET Prestons Picks Free Music and More
by Preston Gralla
"Getting the Most out of Napster and It's Cousin"



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Other MP3 Finding Programs

Page 3 Now Get the Players




RealPlayer 8


Napster Download Page
Find and download MP3 and WMA files

Napster is a free Internet search tool that lets you search for and download songs in .mp3 and .wma formats. By creating a virtual community of people who want to share their music, Napster ensures a vast collection of audio files for download. (Over half a million files were available at the time of this review.) Napster also eliminates the problems of conventional FTP transferring by using special technology to ensure the completion of each sound file transfer. Other features include advanced search functions, the ability to chat with other Napster users (including an IM function), a built-in audio player, color customization, and playlist and library tools. We haven't been impressed with the results of many other music search and acquire utilities, but Napster blew us away -- nearly every file we wanted downloaded successfully. Note: This is a beta version and could be buggy and/or unstable. The developer welcomes your comments.
Reviewed on May 26 2000.

Napigator v1.13 Download Page
Get up-to-date status of nap servers

Are you having occasional problems connecting to the Napster Network? Napigator is a free utility that allows you to connect to the nap server of your choice. In case you haven't heard of it yet, Napster is a novel Internet search tool that lets you search for and download songs in .mp3 format. Just run Napigator to see a list of available nap servers. Napigator prominently displays port, network, users, files, gigabytes, and ping times for each server, providing the information you need to make a logical selection. Just double-click on your choice to connect the Napster client to the selected server.
Reviewed on Apr 04 2000.

Wrapster v1.0
Share any type of file with Napster

"The Napster Music Community is one of the hottest things on the Internet, but at the time of this review, it's limited to sharing .mp3 and .wma files. Wrapster changes that. This free file-sharing tool lets you archive any type of file(s) into a bogus .mp3 file that shows up on the Napster Network as having a bitrate of 32 kps and a frequency of 32,000 Hz. Even though your file might contain pictures, documents, or movies, Napster is fooled into thinking it's a normal .mp3 file. The special bit rate/frequency lets you easily search for any Wrapster files that may be hiding on Napster servers. After you download the desired file, use Wrapster to unarchive it.
Reviewed on May 31 2000."

Gnutella v.56
Search and download MP3s & other files


Gnutella is a free program from the folks who created Winamp that lets you find MP3s and other popular types of multimedia files on the systems of other Gnutella users. Then you can download them or stream them. No documentation is included, so it might take you a few minutes to figure it out. Unlike the popular "search and download" tool Napster, Gnutella doesn't have to hook up to a central server in order to communicate with other people running the client and share files. Both the client and server are in the same .exe, and you're free to connect to any of the users running Gnutella. This method, which is similar to way ICQ works, should provide for faster file transfers. Note: This is a beta version and could be buggy and/or unstable.
Reviewed on Apr 03 2000.

Scour Exchange v0.0.0.228
Share audio, video & images on the Web

Scour Exchange (SX) is a free program that lets you share audio, video, and image files with other users of the program through your Internet connection. It's similar to (and as easy to use) as the popular Napster utility, but it supports more types of media. Search for files among the SX community or the Web, with the ability to filter searches by connection speed or media type. Then download what you want. SX can scan your hard drive for multimedia files and separate them into categories. Downloaded files are added to your media library automatically. Add a user to a hotlist for faster access to their files. See online and offline users in the hotlist and view everything they're sharing by clicking on their name, and limit simultaneous downloads and uploads. Note: This is a beta release and could be buggy and/or unstable. The developer welcomes your comments.
Reviewed on May 30 2000.

CuteMX v1.6
Download and share files on the Net


CuteMX (Media eXchange) offers an innovative, powerful way to get the hottest files on the Net. CuteMX users become part of a file sharing community, and can easily find and download multimedia files, graphics, programs and more -- all without the broken links and incomplete downloads that most Internet users have had to deal with. This version has not yet been reviewed.

iMesh v1.02
Find and share files with others


Mesh is a free Internet search and retrieval program that's intended to help you find audio, video, and image files that may be difficult to access by conventional means. It allows you to enter a keyword and optionally select a file category to launch the search. Rather than scouring the Internet, it searches the computers of other iMesh users, allowing you to get around the difficulties imposed by MP3 download sites, for example. The program features adequate security measures that allow you to specify the folder or folders you'll allow other iMesh users to access. Password protection is also provided. Other features include availability indicators for search results, multithreading, proxy support, and audio support. iMesh is attractive and easy to use, and it provides a whole new avenue for locating those tough-to-find multimedia files.
Reviewed on Nov 27 1999.


Spinfrenzy Xchange v1.65a
Download and share MP3 and movie files


Spinfrenzy Xchange is a free tool that gives you download access to tens of thousands of MP3s, video clips, pictures, and other media files that are guaranteed to be available from other users' collections and systems. After you download and install this small file, it will download additional components from the Internet and open your Web browser to the Spinfrenzy Xchange main page. There, you can log in (it's free to sign up) and search for your music, video, and picture files to download. The service also offers free Web pages and graphics, plus the ability to share your multimedia files with others through your Internet connection.
Reviewed on Jun 17 2000.


MP3 Grouppie v 04.4
Download MP3 music files


Search for and retrieve MP3 files on newsgroups with MP3 Grouppie. This free program looks for MP3-related newsgroups, retrieves article headers, and lets you know if any MP3 binary files are available. If so, it displays a summary and lets you preview, play, or download each file. MP3 Grouppie is very easy to use and represents a new source of songs to add to your MP3 collection.
Reviewed on Oct 01 1999.

Gnutella v .56
Search and download MP3s & other files


Gnutella is a free program from the folks who created Winamp that lets you find MP3s and other popular types of multimedia files on the systems of other Gnutella users. Then you can download them or stream them. No documentation is included, so it might take you a few minutes to figure it out. Unlike the popular "search and download" tool Napster, Gnutella doesn't have to hook up to a central server in order to communicate with other people running the client and share files. Both the client and server are in the same .exe, and you're free to connect to any of the users running Gnutella. This method, which is similar to way ICQ works, should provide for faster file transfers. Note: This is a beta version and could be buggy and/or unstable.
Reviewed on Apr 03 2000.


The Link to "Net Play MP3 v1.1"


Ever seen an .mp3 file on the Internet that looks like it might be good, but you don't know if you should waste time downloading it? Net Play MP3 is a free streaming player that lets you preview any .mp3 before committing to a lengthy download. Just drag and drop a valid link to an .mp3 from Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator into the small Net Play MP3 window, and it will start to play almost immediately. (Of course, as with any streaming audio, the smoothness of the playback depends on your connection speed and Internet congestion.) Net Play MP3 has a built-in equalizer and lets you drag and drop local .mp3 files for play as well. The interface isn't as slick as Winamp's and it can't be minimized, but Net Play MP3 doesn't take up much desktop space -- and the price can't be beat.
Reviewed on Mar 31 1999.



Typical "Talk Back Comment"
http://web.archive.org/web/20001027102640/http://www.zdnet.com/tlkbck/comment/81/0,7832,90424-463648,00.html
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