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Old 06-13-2009, 05:01 PM   #88 (permalink)
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A lot of people are taking a more personal approach when it comes to downloading music. Rather than using P2P programs, that like you said, usually infect your computer with loads of crap people are using media uploading websites. The popular ones are Mediafire, Rapidshare, and Megaupload. Essentially full albums are zipped into one compressed file, then uploaded onto these host websites, then links can be passed out to people that lead to a direct download. It's always free, almost always takes less than five minutes, so it's a lot faster than torrents, and it's sharing on a more personal level.
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