# Holy Crap...25 Million Free Mp3's.Legally **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 28, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-25-million-free-mp3s-legally/42611 "2008-01-28T20:09:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-25-million-free-mp3s-legally/42611/1 "2008-01-28T20:09:43Z")
I didn’t believe this at first,when I read it on another forum I thought it was spam BS judging by the title… > **[Home Page – The TLS](https://www.the-tls.co.uk/)** > > Reviews, essays, books and the arts: the leading international weekly for literary culture [www.Qtrax.com](http://www.Qtrax.com) Looks like Itunes will have a decrease in sales,LOL. :tup: Napster revisited. ---
**Author:** ![Shockwave179](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shockwave179/32/7496_2.png) [@Shockwave179](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shockwave179)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-25-million-free-mp3s-legally/42611/2 "2008-01-28T20:14:16Z")
Interesting… ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-25-million-free-mp3s-legally/42611/3 "2008-01-28T20:26:05Z")
works? use it yet? ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-25-million-free-mp3s-legally/42611/4 "2008-01-28T20:54:04Z")
i dont trust the RIAA as far as I can throw it. And seeing as its not really anything I can throw, I dont trust it at all. ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-25-million-free-mp3s-legally/42611/5 "2008-01-28T21:32:40Z")
Full of DRM… ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-25-million-free-mp3s-legally/42611/6 "2008-01-28T21:40:38Z")
> [@RuBiCaNT](#): > > Full of DRM… ooo DRM doesn’t last long 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Krud](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krud/32/5143_2.png) [@Krud](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Krud)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 10:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-25-million-free-mp3s-legally/42611/7 "2008-01-28T22:55:51Z")
i downloaded it a while ago, but i cant manage to register. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-25-million-free-mp3s-legally/42611/8 "2008-01-29T04:28:41Z")
heh, wow… long as there isn’t a rootkit slipped in. about time they finally start coming to their senses. They are never going to stop file sharing ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 5:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-25-million-free-mp3s-legally/42611/9 "2008-01-29T05:05:16Z")
very intriguing…I wonder if their are still artists out there (ahem Metallica) that just won’t go along with this. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-25-million-free-mp3s-legally/42611/10 "2008-01-29T05:16:51Z")
Did no one bother clicking on the big link at the top of the article about the updated story? > **[The Times & The Sunday Times](https://www.thetimes.com/)** > > News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times > A website which promised to give music lovers the world’s first legal file-sharing service was forced into a humiliating climbdown today after it emerged that the company had not secured the backing of the record industry. The one where they said it isn’t going to happen. ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 5:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-25-million-free-mp3s-legally/42611/11 "2008-01-29T05:54:49Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Did no one bother clicking on the big link at the top of the article about the updated story? > > [The Times & The Sunday Times: breaking news & today's latest headlines](http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3264556.ece) > > The one where they said it isn’t going to happen. hear what you want to hear i guess 😛 that was the first thing i noticed too lol ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-25-million-free-mp3s-legally/42611/12 "2008-01-29T06:22:38Z")
:picard: ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-25-million-free-mp3s-legally/42611/13 "2008-01-30T05:21:01Z")
> The service, which uses Digital Rights Management software, is also hampered by the fact that it is not yet compatible with Apple’s iPod, the market leader in portable media players. Qtrax has said an iPod-compatible version of its software will be available as soon as April. Too much of a pain to download and break the DRM. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 6:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-25-million-free-mp3s-legally/42611/14 "2008-01-30T06:31:01Z")
> [@boxxa](#): > > Too much of a pain to download and break the DRM. eh… I do it with all my downloaded music anyway ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-25-million-free-mp3s-legally/42611/15 "2008-01-30T09:44:33Z")
my question: what’s the quality of the MP3 files? ---
**Author:** ![FightinMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-25-million-free-mp3s-legally/42611/16 "2008-01-30T18:59:51Z")
EPIC FAIL ---
**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-25-million-free-mp3s-legally/42611/17 "2008-01-30T19:57:36Z")
oh well.looks like those bastards aren’t going through with it.:tdown: ---
**Author:** ![Rsnake91](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rsnake91/32/4996_2.png) [@Rsnake91](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rsnake91)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/holy-crap-25-million-free-mp3s-legally/42611/18 "2008-02-04T10:59:30Z")
boo :tdown: