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quatrixPremium
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kudos:2 | Who says crime doesn't pay? Similar to this, how much money did the Winamp guys make for writing software that was clearly geared toward playing stolen music? | |
|  | | Re: Who says crime doesn't pay? said by quatrix:Similar to this, how much money did the Winamp guys make for writing software that was clearly geared toward playing stolen music? That was a totally baseless statement and is about as logical as saying Windows Media Player or iTunes is geared towards playing stolen music. Both play most of what Winamp plays. | |
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| Re: Who says crime doesn't pay? said by PapaMidnight:said by quatrix:Similar to this, how much money did the Winamp guys make for writing software that was clearly geared toward playing stolen music? That was a totally baseless statement and is about as logical as saying Windows Media Player or iTunes is geared towards playing stolen music. Both play most of what Winamp plays. Agreed. Just like saying that Windows Media Player is geared toward playing pirated DVD's...
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1 edit | said by PapaMidnight:That was a totally baseless statement and is about as logical as saying Windows Media Player or iTunes is geared towards playing stolen music. Both play most of what Winamp plays. Not even close. Media Player plays a lot of different audio and video formats. When Winamp first came out it played MP3s, almost all of which were pirated at the time (1996ish). Obviously I wasn't talking about the AOLified version in use now. | |
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kudos:1 | said by quatrix:Similar to this, how much money did the Winamp guys make for writing software that was clearly geared toward playing stolen music? Winamp did put a dent in the AV Receiver/Home Theater market. | |
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| said by quatrix:Similar to this, how much money did the Winamp guys make for writing software that was clearly geared toward playing stolen music? So, it'd only play music if you refused to scan in the receipt for your CDs?
Weird, my copy simply played whatever music I asked it to. Radio stations, CD silvers, CD backups, whatever.
Weird that it expected you to go to HMV and five-finger discount your music. Perhaps you got a Russian mafia hacked version of some kind? Gotta pay enough "protection" money for us to stop releasing this "special" Winamp!
Beats me.
Or did you mean it could play music that was copied illegally? In that case, yes, just like my walkman played original cassettes AND dubbed cassettes, winamp could do the same thing with CDs. Is that really a surprise to you? | |
| | | said by quatrix:Similar to this, how much money did the Winamp guys make for writing software that was clearly geared toward playing stolen music? you clearly dont know your "facts" , winAMP was originally written to play the many Original "freeware" Amiga Tracker modules on the PC sound cards finallly coming to the mass market, Nothing more, MP3 was infact a mere after thought, i know that as fact, i was there, apparently you were not.... | |
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