Important - Plz Read Concerning Audiogalaxy

Ian · **Posted:** Tue Jun 18, 2002 8:16 am

There is currently a lot of talk going on about Audiogalaxy. Basically all songs have been blocked out now, Maybe they will unblock the uncopyrighted ones, but for now nothing is available.

Over here at [i:Vibes] you should all know about the non-mp3 policy. What you see with audiogalaxy will eventually happen at every single site who run mp3's until the record labels are happy that nobody is downloading illegal music. Maybe in the future they will set up a charge system for music, who knows...

We ask you on this board, please do not come on asking for places to download tunes or what is going on with audiogalaxy, We will do our best to keep the main news updated with any significant developments. We keep the policies about non-mp3's for a couple of reasons, One is that record labels will not come after us for allowing such links, so we have no reason to worry about it, and secondly, the artists who are against illegal mp3 distributions are the same ones who spare time to come in and talk to us, give us news, and interviews. We hope you understand.

All Posts asking what is up with AG will be closed now, we will make sure you know all there is to know and not rumours.

Thanks

Ami · **Posted:** Tue Jun 18, 2002 8:37 am

hmm, finally it happened, the situation was that audiogalaxy instead of having a legal battle, reached a settlement with the RIAA

http://www.riaa.org/PR_Story.cfm?id=522

theres the official announcement from the RIAA,

heres the main important bit

((-&E-)) · **Posted:** Tue Jun 18, 2002 10:32 am

this is the shitest news eva....

they are killing trance Evil or Very Mad

we NEED audiogalaxy, we NEED to hear the artists... Evil or Very Mad

mindwalker · **Posted:** Tue Jun 18, 2002 3:38 pm

yeah, this is bad for all up and coming producers/djs. alot of djs owe a great deal of their success to livesets downloaded off the internet.

this will just push file sharing underground aswell, it can't be stopped.

trisco · **Posted:** Tue Jun 18, 2002 5:17 pm

Finne · **Posted:** Tue Jun 18, 2002 5:27 pm

White_Lightning · **Posted:** Tue Jun 18, 2002 5:35 pm

personally ive never used audiogalaxy before due to the firewall issues so i dont really know what is going to be lost...but i did use napster for a while and once that shut i thought it would be the end of downloading. choons.. but it wasnt....u just got to bother your arse to find other sites hosting music...and u will always get decent underground stuff....

and the truth is mp3s will never go away....which is great... Wink

Above&Beyond · **Posted:** Tue Jun 18, 2002 7:33 pm

My life is now officially over. Theres so many good bootlegs & white labels that will now be lost forever. Not to mention all the really hard to find stuff, useually only on 12inch. This is bad, really bad. Crying or Very sad

Am i gonna have to start buying M.O.S. albums again? Surprised

davehart · **Posted:** Tue Jun 18, 2002 8:08 pm

seems the RIAA (Yankie *beep*) seem set having there way on controling digital music.

As A&B said, those not available to buy, out of press bootlegs and rare mixes are lost for good.

VelourFog · **Posted:** Wed Jun 19, 2002 2:55 am

were fcked (for the time being)
i don't think this is the end of mp3
RIAA should give it up already, i don't know why they bother
file trading will continue happen no matter what those bastards do

((-&E-)) · **Posted:** Wed Jun 19, 2002 9:52 am

mindwalker · **Posted:** Wed Jun 19, 2002 2:13 pm

xplosive · **Posted:** Wed Jun 19, 2002 4:36 pm

PEOPLE LISTEN TO ME...

AUDIOGALAXY IS DEAD BUT SOON THERE WILL BE A NEW PLACE

BUT IT IS NOT OPEN YET BUT LOOK [Such Links Will Not Be Tolerated Here so Let this be a warning to you Exclamation

- Ian]

THIS WILL BE BIG So Spread the NEWS OKAY [The only news to spread is that we do not support file-sharing so take it elsewhere]

RossTHFC · **Posted:** Sat Jun 22, 2002 10:14 pm

just out of interest regarding all this "no talk of mp3" stuff u keep going on about, did this site not come about from [url removed by Ian] which contains possibly more links websites for d/l mp3's than any other site on the net?? then it also contains updates telling you the new tunes available on the sites for d/l?? if i'm correct here does that not make this all seem a little hypocritical? if i'm wrong fair enough i put my hands up and admit it, i'm just curious as i said at the start..

White_Lightning · **Posted:** Sun Jun 23, 2002 11:13 am

ITs complicated.....just read the foum guidelines and that should answer your problems....cos i cannot be arsed to explain

((-&E-)) · **Posted:** Sun Jun 23, 2002 4:42 pm

RossTHFC · **Posted:** Sun Jun 23, 2002 10:35 pm

yeah thats what i was meaning, it was the trancegate url that was removed. they stil link to here but the link that used to be here in the links section to trancgate seems to have been removed, possibly since they started with all this no mp3 talk??