rockinrob Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Download live shows at Dimeadozen! Free, legal, and cool cause they are never the same. .02 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mastershake Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 tv-links was also shut down and the owner arrested Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HighFives Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 tv-links was also shut down and the owner arrested this sucks. I don't think these people deserve to be arrested. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 tv-links was also shut down and the owner arrested this ruined my day much more than the oink thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a.miller Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I really don't understand why you can't download TV shows. Network TV is free over-the-air. It can be DVRed. A lot of the network websites allow users to watch the previous week's episode(s). So why is it illegal to download the shows? Music and movies I understand, but TV? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socbret Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I really don't understand why you can't download TV shows. Network TV is free over-the-air. It can be DVRed. A lot of the network websites allow users to watch the previous week's episode(s). So why is it illegal to download the shows? Music and movies I understand, but TV?I don't really understand it either, but it all comes back to DVD sales. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I really don't understand why you can't download TV shows. Network TV is free over-the-air. It can be DVRed. A lot of the network websites allow users to watch the previous week's episode(s). So why is it illegal to download the shows? Music and movies I understand, but TV?Well TV Links was nailed for its movies, I think. The name is misleading - they had everything.Man, now I have to remove it from my favorites. -sniff- Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sid Hartha Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Network TV is free over-the-air.not really - sponsors, commercials pay the tab Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mastershake Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 tv-links should be allowed because the stream was anything but DVD quality. many times the video didn't match the voice/sound. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 TV Undergroundalluc.orgsurf the channel Anyone need 8 gb's of various rock albums in FLAC, expertly ripped using EAC? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
insideoutoflove Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 this ruined my day much more than the oink thing.i came close to joining oink many many times..glad i never followed through. tv-links, however, was a god send. id watch movies with japanese subtitles any day with no complaint so long as it helped me avoid my work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a.miller Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 not really - sponsors, commercials pay the tabYeah but if you record it on a Tivo or a DVR, who in their right mind is gonna watch the commercials? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HighFives Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I just bought two 160 gig ipods and was planning on downloading enough music to fill them up in the next couple of days and get banned. but not before i reinvited myself and signed up on a new IP address. now I can't do it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jesusetc84 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 So if I never uploaded an album, I should be okay? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kicking_Television Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Man, I haven't been around lately and totally missed this news, my brother called me about it today... I can't say i'm suprised Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bsr8j Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 The horror! The horror! People might have to start paying for music! Oh the humanity! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
damo Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 hmm libble.com may become the new oink... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Campaigner Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 They can come at me all they want. I'll invite them around to my house and tell them to bring a list of the stuff I downloaded from Oink. I'll then show them to where I keep my cds and I'll tick every single one of those things off the list as they're albums I've eventually bought anyway. And if the stuff I've downloaded is out of print and unavailable to buy at a reasonable price - I'll tell them to release the bitch and I'll pony up the cash. Added to that will be the massive amounts of cds I buy that I don't download - and I'll tell them to get down on their knees because it's guys like me that keep them in business. I'm wondering what they're really pissed at. Is it that people are downloading albums or that people aren't downloading the crappy albums they want people to take an interest in? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calexico Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 you and I may need to talk about a joint venture Ha, you are on your own there, Barbara! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marijn Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 hmm libble.com may become the new oink... does anyone have a spare invite..? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobfrombob Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 As for potential nastiness resulting from this, I'm sort of hoping for the "safety in numbers" effect. There were SO many Oink users, and I was a bit player among that throng. If they go after people based on level of use, they'd take quite a long time to get around to me, if they ever did. Probably fooling myself, but that's the direction my thoughts are going...Maybe I'm fooling myself too but I'm thinking you are right and the whole "investigation continues" business is more of a scare tactic than anything. They have effectively killed this one and I suspect that the best use of their resources is to go after the next Oink rather than somebody who downloaded the Feist album (not that I'm suggesting downloading the Feist album is a bad thing, unless you..... never mind) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a.miller Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 They can come at me all they want. I'll invite them around to my house and tell them to bring a list of the stuff I downloaded from Oink. I'll then show them to where I keep my cds and I'll tick every single one of those things off the list as they're albums I've eventually bought anyway. And if the stuff I've downloaded is out of print and unavailable to buy at a reasonable price - I'll tell them to release the bitch and I'll pony up the cash. Added to that will be the massive amounts of cds I buy that I don't download - and I'll tell them to get down on their knees because it's guys like me that keep them in business. I'm wondering what they're really pissed at. Is it that people are downloading albums or that people aren't downloading the crappy albums they want people to take an interest in?And then they'd just sue you anyway, cause they don't give a shit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El Picador Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 The horror! The horror! People might have to start paying for music! Oh the humanity! I bought way more records because of Oink than I would have otherwise. I just stopped buying crappy albums. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HighFives Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I bought way more records because of Oink that I would have otherwise. I just stopped buying crappy albums. I just downloaded what I couldn't buy or just files of the LPs I bought. any way I've got a bunch of libble invites pm me your email. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
evol79 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 The horror! The horror! People might have to start paying for music! Oh the humanity! Or they may have to buy all those cds that were stolen from their car, AGAIN!!! ... was what I used it for, primarily Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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