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Old 11-06-2005, 11:52 AM
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Default Why do people do this?

ON some file sharing services, some people will rename an file to match whatever people are looking for. Then you download the file and you realize that it's not what you wanted.

Example: whenever a new single or album comes out, people rename the files of the old album to the new album.

Why do people do this?
Old 11-06-2005, 12:07 PM
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record companies sometimes do this to throw you off.
Old 11-06-2005, 12:16 PM
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that's usually the mpaa or the company whose files are being pirated.
Old 11-06-2005, 12:18 PM
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Sometimes smaller bands will do this also to get their music heard. I never liked that crap, it's like someone putting a flyer on your windshield. They go threw the trouble of putting it there and I just throw it away.
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^^ Yep, that too. That's how Ali Vegas made a name for himself (or had his name made for him). He used to upload songs on napster, kazaa, etc that said they were by nas :chuckles:
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i hate it when im trying to download a movie, and it turns out to be some bad porn h:
Old 11-07-2005, 08:17 AM
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ever get a virus
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Originally Posted by brtecson
^^ Yep, that too. That's how Ali Vegas made a name for himself (or had his name made for him). He used to upload songs on napster, kazaa, etc that said they were by nas :chuckles:
yeh.. im sure ali vegas shared his songs on kazaa and said that they were nas..

thats not how i heard of him anywas
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he said so in an interview
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Originally Posted by brtecson
he said so in an interview
Well what does he know



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