Drop.io offers new free music file sharing service
We like to keep things simple, so when we learned about a new file sharing service called drop.io, we went straight to check it out. Drop.io isn’t a file sharing program like Limewire or Ares, but it is a convenient and easily-accessible website where users can share files and information without having to even sign up for an account.
You don’t need to log in to start file sharing — just head to website, name your “drop”, set how long it will stay online and select your privacy options. It’s a form of file sharing that can be extremely useful.
Files can be shared with a select few people or left open to the public. Once you’ve uploaded your file, you get a unique URL that you can then use to share your files with other people.
This is another side of file sharing that doesn’t get as much publicity as services like Limewire and Morpheus. There is a common misconception that all file sharing is illegal and all file sharing is bad, but there is more to it than mere music downloads.
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IRISH COURT ORDERS ISPS TO IDENTIFY P2P USERS
The Irish Recorded Music Association on Thursday won a landmark ruling in the High Court in Dublin forcing six Internet service providers (ISPs) to reveal the names and addresses of individuals engaged in alleged illegal file-sharing.
The ruling is the culmination of a six-month operation undertaken by the industry body to stem the tide of Internet piracy in Ireland. IRMA says that it has targeted 23 individuals involved in the alleged illegal distribution of copyrighted music files. It maintains that five individuals are alone responsible for 108,000 shared illegal files, with one individual responsible for 37,500 files. The judge ordered the six ISPs — Digiweb, BT, Smart Telecom, Irish Broadband, NTL, Eircom and Imagine — to provide IRMA with the names and addresses of all twenty-three people involved.
To date the body has prosecuted some 66 individuals, 61 of which have paid financial penalties.
Dick Doyle, director general of IRMA, said the individuals involved are stealing from the artists and affecting the livelihood of many people in the music industry. He added that the association would do everything in its power to ensure they are brought to justice.
Thursday’s ruling comes a week after trade body the British Phonographic Industry, with the help of IRMA, successfully prosecuted operators of Internet retailer CD Wow for illegally importing CDs and music DVDs from outside the EEA and selling them to U.K. and Ireland residents.
—Nick Kelly, Dublin