soulseek/kazaa - how long left ?

fuck you brit, i thought you were punk bitch.

but, *whisper it* sulseeque is ace as fah, how can they take it away from us? please, i couldn't go on without it, i'm a geeky student.

yeah i saw that as well. they are trying to reason with the consumer. it's such a laugh.

that puts it *very* low on the riaa's 'to do' list; by all standards its still a very grassroots thing

Soulseek is still up, and it doesn't seem like RIAA concentrate as much on Soulseek as on various Torrent and DC networks.

Why?
I have a theory, although RIAA obviously cannot say it loud.

Soulseek is known among its users for having a larger percentage of users with a music interest that is way above average. If you are looking for alternative/indie, underground dance/hip-hop, old albums from the 80s or before, really old oldies etc. then Soulseek is the place to search, whereas if you want typical current hitlist stuff or very mainstream back catalog stuff you are likely to find more at DC or Torrent.

So, accordingly, SLSK has another type of users. Is it possible that RIAA knows that when someone downloads an album from Soulseek, said person is more likely than DC/Torrent users to:
a) go out and buy the album afterwards in the shops if he likes it
b) tell to all his friends that it's a great album and tell them they should go out and buy it too

So, is it possible that RIAA have a knowing tactic here, that they simply don't touch Soulseek much because they know they probably benefit more from Soulseek than from the other networks?

or it might be because they're more interested in the filesharing networks that are more likely to hold the big selling artists and there is 'more to lose'

I think that's pretty much the first half of Geir's (reasonable enough) argument.

Also, a lot of the stuff that might be more prevalent on slsk than your average file-sharing might be non-RIAA.

I think it's because the RIAA have soul. I don't even know what that means because I am DRUNK.

by 'kickin' i meant *still alive* u understand not like 'kickin' as in that phrase youth tv presenters of the late 80's thought The Kids actually said.