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I get Napster for free through my school but the downloads can only be played for a year from the date downloaded and can't be burned onto discs so that I can save them. How do I burn this copy protected music onto a blank disc?

― Sara Khalatbari (SaraK), Thursday, 7 September 2006 03:32 (eighteen years ago)

only one man can answer that question

― gear (gear), Thursday, 7 September 2006 03:39 (eighteen years ago)

who?

― Sara Khalatbari (SaraK), Thursday, 7 September 2006 03:42 (eighteen years ago)

couldn't you just duck into a phone booth and have supergirl handle it?

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Thursday, 7 September 2006 03:43 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.badmovies.org/movies/badtaste/badtaste2.jpg

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Thursday, 7 September 2006 03:43 (eighteen years ago)

xpost

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Thursday, 7 September 2006 03:44 (eighteen years ago)

http://futurelooks.com/forums/images/avatars/AM%20-%20The%20Simpsons%20-%20Ned%20Flanders%20Devil.gif
xpost dammit

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Thursday, 7 September 2006 03:47 (eighteen years ago)

i don't know what that means. crosspost? i dont know anything about computers

― Sara Khalatbari (SaraK), Thursday, 7 September 2006 03:48 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, it means Jim and I were both trying to post the answer to "Who?".

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Thursday, 7 September 2006 03:53 (eighteen years ago)

so, am i supposed to do something?

― SaraK (SaraK), Thursday, 7 September 2006 03:54 (eighteen years ago)

Yes...but that remains the question... doesn't it, Grasshopper???

― Bass-man (bassguy), Thursday, 7 September 2006 03:56 (eighteen years ago)

can i be your girlfriend on facebook???

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Thursday, 7 September 2006 03:58 (eighteen years ago)

Is facebook a place or an act? jus' askin'...

― Bass-man (bassguy), Thursday, 7 September 2006 04:00 (eighteen years ago)

can i be your girlfriend on face book???

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Thursday, 7 September 2006 04:01 (eighteen years ago)

christ - is there an echo in hear?

― Bass-man (bassguy), Thursday, 7 September 2006 04:02 (eighteen years ago)

quack

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Thursday, 7 September 2006 04:02 (eighteen years ago)

.... pun intended, btw...

― Bass-man (bassguy), Thursday, 7 September 2006 04:02 (eighteen years ago)

quack

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Thursday, 7 September 2006 04:03 (eighteen years ago)

Nice!

― Bass-man (bassguy), Thursday, 7 September 2006 04:05 (eighteen years ago)

christ - is there an echo in hear?
http://myspace-660.vo.llnwd.net/00055/06/68/55618660_m.gif

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Thursday, 7 September 2006 04:06 (eighteen years ago)

Apparently, yes...

― Bass-man (bassguy), Thursday, 7 September 2006 04:07 (eighteen years ago)

is it really necessary to make fun of me for my damn email address? I made it when i was younger and I've simply never bothered to change it. Additionally, I don't see why having a playful email address which expresses an interest in comics warrants such hostility. I don't know too much about computers but I love music and i was just wondering if anyone would be kind enough to help me with my problem.

― SaraK (SaraK), Thursday, 7 September 2006 04:17 (eighteen years ago)

That's really super, Supergirl!

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Thursday, 7 September 2006 04:26 (eighteen years ago)

Sorry, love - it's not yer e-mail address... it's like organic chemistry... once you introduce a new element into the system, it's all about action-reaction... things form to create new organisms not originally intended... as Shelley wrote... don't take it personally...

― Bass-man (bassguy), Thursday, 7 September 2006 04:28 (eighteen years ago)

the real question is whether there is a bunny man here.
http://www.worth1000.com/entries/23500/23876_w.jpg

― trees (treesessplode), Thursday, 7 September 2006 04:38 (eighteen years ago)

and the answer is a resounding yes

― trees (treesessplode), Thursday, 7 September 2006 04:38 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.fukusei.org/freya/fran1.jpg

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Thursday, 7 September 2006 04:40 (eighteen years ago)

so, you're making fun of me for being a student? I don't understand why instead of helping me or simply passing, you're taking the time and energy to belittle and insult me. Besides, you don't actually know me. You don't know if I am infact a "valley-girl" as you are making me out to be. You don't even know my age. I am old enough however, to be more mature than to go out of my way to put someone down and attempt to make him/her feel bad on an online tutorial where people are supposed to help one another.

― SaraK (SaraK), Thursday, 7 September 2006 04:40 (eighteen years ago)

Yet you want to STEAL MUSIC!

― Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 7 September 2006 04:51 (eighteen years ago)

to be fair she is getting it through her school, so she's not really playing any m*ckey games

― gear (gear), Thursday, 7 September 2006 04:54 (eighteen years ago)

It's a trap.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 7 September 2006 05:01 (eighteen years ago)

It's mickey.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Thursday, 7 September 2006 05:22 (eighteen years ago)

1. Wants to steal music
2. Defensive

I rest my case.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Thursday, 7 September 2006 05:23 (eighteen years ago)

You could try
a) plugging your computer's audio output to the line in of another computer to record the audio
b) use one of those programs that record the audio the computer is experiencing
c) plugging your computer's audio output to a HiMD minidisc player (or some other device) then transfer it back to the PC

However these are slow in that you actually have to listen to those songs. You might find your own taste in music really scary.

― I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit (I say we take off and nuke the), Thursday, 7 September 2006 06:12 (eighteen years ago)

just a bit of fun, let's be cool, supergirl

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Thursday, 7 September 2006 06:24 (eighteen years ago)

if i wanted to do something heinously illegal like this i might start with google.

― GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Thursday, 7 September 2006 06:43 (eighteen years ago)

Hey Sara, do you have a belly button ring?

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Thursday, 7 September 2006 06:55 (eighteen years ago)

on an online tutorial where people are supposed to help one another

Boy did you back the wrong pony.

― I Supersize Disaster (noodle vague), Thursday, 7 September 2006 07:39 (eighteen years ago)

http://craphound.com/images/campusdownlaodingstill.jpg

― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 7 September 2006 08:27 (eighteen years ago)

OTM

― These Robust Cookies (Robust Cookies), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:29 (eighteen years ago)

wow ilx has really notched up the xenophobia for election year

― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Thursday, 7 September 2006 16:49 (eighteen years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FairUse4WM

― a.b. (alanbanana), Thursday, 7 September 2006 16:52 (eighteen years ago)

gear quit trippin

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Thursday, 7 September 2006 17:49 (eighteen years ago)

marmot u mad

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Thursday, 7 September 2006 17:50 (eighteen years ago)

Thanks to those of you who actually offered help. I really appreciate it. Believe me, I have paid for more than my fair share of music and it's not like i'm going to sell what i burn and make a profit. It's simply to expand my library without having to pay thousands of dollars for cds. Additionally, I can garauntee the tuition for my school more than covers these downloads.

― SaraK (SaraK), Thursday, 7 September 2006 21:05 (eighteen years ago)

Thousands of dollars worth? Tell us what you downloaded.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Thursday, 7 September 2006 21:09 (eighteen years ago)

SaraK sounds oddly like Tianne: Bands opposed to American Apparel products

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 7 September 2006 21:13 (eighteen years ago)

xpost - Marissa Marchant greatest hits

― just say no to individuality (fandango), Thursday, 7 September 2006 21:14 (eighteen years ago)

hahahahaha this thread

― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Thursday, 7 September 2006 21:15 (eighteen years ago)

bahahahaha fandango

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Thursday, 7 September 2006 21:18 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.sachsreport.com/grim%20fandango.jpg

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 7 September 2006 21:19 (eighteen years ago)

I still have that game!

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Thursday, 7 September 2006 21:28 (eighteen years ago)

Not that I'm on any high horses of pedestals about music piracy, Sara, but the word "more" is not, in and of itself, quite powerful enough to obliterate markets:

I have paid for more than my fair share of music: I'm guessing you've paid market price for exactly as much music as you own, and probably much less, what with the burning and all -- you certainly haven't paid more, unless you make charity donations to the RIAA.

I can garauntee the tuition for my school more than covers these downloads: The tuition for your school covers, like, tuition for your school. You can't really be all like "they owe me chips, too."

― nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 7 September 2006 21:28 (eighteen years ago)

Not that it matters. I wish I had technical advice for you, but I am having a crotchety old man moment where I'm all like "why, back in my day we had to use cassettes to tape things off of radios! The best we had was tape decks that said 'High-Speed Dubbing' on them, and let me tell you, they didn't just automatically play Lee Perry in double-time!(*)"

(*) Unless you were dubbing a Lee Perry tape, obviously.

― nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 7 September 2006 21:31 (eighteen years ago)

nabisco for president

― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Thursday, 7 September 2006 21:35 (eighteen years ago)

NASIBCO FOR PRESIDETN

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Thursday, 7 September 2006 21:39 (eighteen years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/TheManthony/gandhi.jpg

― Zwan (miccio), Thursday, 7 September 2006 21:41 (eighteen years ago)

at least back in the day if you owned something you actually got to keep it ffs... it wasn't like "aha you thought you had this, but you were only renting bwahaha time UP! on your pleasure now cough up capiche?"

My advice, go to the public library, find some things you like, rip 'em.

fuck this (no such thing as a) free Napster BS.

― just say no to individuality (fandango), Thursday, 7 September 2006 21:43 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, I think there's this idea floating around that just because people are no longer very attached to owning a physical music product, it'll be possible to wean them away from having any lasting ownership of files, either. I dunno, maybe there are (or will be) people who are totally comfortable with more or less leasing their music collections -- there are plenty of people for whom this stuff is impermanent anyway, music to be boxed up and lost and then repurchased in middle age from Time/Life -- but I can't quite follow it; I haven't ever bothered with any music whose license will eventually expire on me.

The weird part is that I feel that way mostly because plenty of my digital music is impermanent, getting lost and trashed fairly soon after download -- for some reason it annoys me to think I'd have to keep a subscription current to keep a few records I liked when most of the files I got from said service could happily disappear!

― nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 7 September 2006 21:49 (eighteen years ago)

The fact that there are things un-findable even on 5l5k (and other services, whose collections of released music undoubtedly surpass ANY legal service in breadth) make me suspect "leasing" is doomed from the word go for real enthusiasts.

And good luck getting 12 CD man/woman to keep an active subscription (unless it somehow ends up being just an added tax upon internet access itself in the copyright apocalypse).

― just say no to individuality (fandango), Thursday, 7 September 2006 21:55 (eighteen years ago)

The other option is to get 'em hooked young and knowing no different I suppose! *cough*(this crap)

― just say no to individuality (fandango), Thursday, 7 September 2006 21:57 (eighteen years ago)

(not saying this is Sara, but the whole deal is bizarro to me, like McDonalds in the school cafeteria, something is just not quite right about it)

― just say no to individuality (fandango), Thursday, 7 September 2006 21:59 (eighteen years ago)

can i get an oink invite?

― mr. brojangles (sanskrit), Friday, 8 September 2006 00:37 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah but the thing is, she gets to "lease" it for free--schoolio throws it in hoping to deter the young 'uns from th'other methods. It's less ownership than an on-demand custom radio service, or something. But it's not enough--she wants them to just give her free shit.

― These Robust Cookies (Robust Cookies), Friday, 8 September 2006 03:44 (eighteen years ago)

P.S. These days the institutions for higher learning are more about raking in the dough than actually focusing on the education of the students. Obviously the education has improved and usually the more one pays the better of an education they shall receive because of resources available and teacher salaries. Nevertheless students and their families are having to pay significantly more each year for college education which is necessary for the majority of well-paying jobs out there. Basically it's becoming even harder for an even greater percentage of people not so well-off finacially to obtain well-paying positions in desired career fields. It's no secret that everything is overpriced and colleges is no exception. Tuition and room and board are increasing drastically each year and textbooks and various supplies necessary for certain courses are outrageously priced. Additionally there's the extra cost of food and various fees are collected daily for one thing or a nother such as access to certain facilities that really should be included. Going to college is simply a required event people must go to to have their families money drained. Honestly, when you experience it first hand you see how much additional money is continuously required on a daily basis to receive a top notch education and understand why one may wonder what the tuition pays for. The schools and other institutions backing them are clearly making unreasonable profits and when you compare the excess thousands drained from students' bill payers, then you will understand why my request is not unreasonable and why I am in fact owed the free music.

― SaraK (SaraK), Friday, 8 September 2006 04:43 (eighteen years ago)

HAHAHAHAHA

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Friday, 8 September 2006 04:49 (eighteen years ago)

tiny violin

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Friday, 8 September 2006 04:52 (eighteen years ago)

u disagree i take it? Also, for anyone wondering why my school has such a deal with napster or doubting the existence of the deal it has to do with what i was talking about. MONEY. the school and napster work together and mutually benefit. The school gets paid by napster to essentially act as a medium for interactive advertising. Napster's gain is hooking thousands of customers.

― SaraK (SaraK), Friday, 8 September 2006 04:56 (eighteen years ago)

hey i'm not asking for your sympathy i'm simply explaining myself since you're not seeing where i'm coming from. so you can put ur cute ass violin away

― SaraK (SaraK), Friday, 8 September 2006 04:58 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.fatbeats.com/catalog/catalog_product_images/.products_image.cd-fch041.jpeg

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Friday, 8 September 2006 05:00 (eighteen years ago)

look, all of this doesn't even matter, it boils down to I'm cheap and i dont want to pay for stuff i could get for free. I didn't come here to get into arguments or for a hard time. Obviously there are people out there who know more about computers and how to bypass my little problem since sites like limewire exist. I just wanted some help, if u don't want to help me, or disaprove of illegal downloading or simply hate me (even though you know nothing about me), it's not necessary to go out of youur way to be mean.

― SaraK (SaraK), Friday, 8 September 2006 05:03 (eighteen years ago)

I think we know too much about you at this point.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 8 September 2006 05:05 (eighteen years ago)

The question is, do her parents (the "bill payers") agree with her? Are they too outraged at having to pay so much and then she still has to go out on the internet to research these questions because school doesn't give her enough free shit?

― These Robust Cookies (Robust Cookies), Friday, 8 September 2006 05:50 (eighteen years ago)

I'm cheap and i dont want to pay for stuff i could get for free

I welcome you to try walking into your local Virgin Megastore and just helping yourself to a few CDs, in that case. You pay so much at Uni! I'm sure they will let you have some.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 8 September 2006 06:36 (eighteen years ago)

i always knew there were a lot of assholes on here..

― reo fordecor (reo), Friday, 8 September 2006 07:32 (eighteen years ago)

...which is why I feel right at home.

― reo fordec0r (noodle vague), Friday, 8 September 2006 07:47 (eighteen years ago)

Yes, Sara, maybe I'll understand college better when I time-travel back to 1995 and "experience it first hand."

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 8 September 2006 15:30 (eighteen years ago)

But thanks for just admitting that you want free shit, instead of trying to pretend it's some kind of hyper-informed subversive act against the rising cost of higher education. Just remember not to shoplift socks from Anthropologie and wind up telling the security guard they owe you socks, no way is the skirt worth $60.

― nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 8 September 2006 15:35 (eighteen years ago)

The question is, do her parents (the "bill payers") agree with her?

I think her parents should get the free music.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 8 September 2006 15:40 (eighteen years ago)

Sorry, I can't completely condemn her unless we get a list of what she actually wants to steal.

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Friday, 8 September 2006 18:35 (eighteen years ago)

SRSLY!

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Friday, 8 September 2006 18:52 (eighteen years ago)

(this is the first time I've ever done this. I'm so excited!)

when you experience it first hand ... then you will understand why my request is not unreasonable and why I am in fact owed the free music
when you experience it first hand ... then you will understand why my request is not unreasonable and why I am in fact owed the free music
when you experience it first hand ... then you will understand why my request is not unreasonable and why I am in fact owed the free music
when you experience it first hand ... then you will understand why my request is not unreasonable and why I am in fact owed the free music
when you experience it first hand ... then you will understand why my request is not unreasonable and why I am in fact owed the free music
when you experience it first hand ... then you will understand why my request is not unreasonable and why I am in fact owed the free music
when you experience it first hand ... then you will understand why my request is not unreasonable and why I am in fact owed the free music

― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Friday, 8 September 2006 18:59 (eighteen years ago)

-- nabisco (--...) (webmail), Today 12:35 PM. (nabisco) (later) (link)

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/4753/nabiscootmpc2.jpg

― mr. brojangles (sanskrit), Friday, 8 September 2006 19:54 (eighteen years ago)

Drugs are bad.

― M. V. (M.V.), Saturday, 9 September 2006 01:09 (eighteen years ago)

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