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UltimateHog 
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| Music Fans torrent 759 million songs in six months, Gainesville, FL #1 (Posted on 10/3/12 at 3:41 pm)
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A new report released by MusicMetric--the first of its kind--shows that Americans torrented more than 97 million albums (78%) and singles (22%) during the first half of 2012. At 10 songs per album, that adds up to 759 million songs. The report also named Gainesville, FL, Albany, GA, Fairbanks, AK, Lexington, KY and Tallahassee, FL as the top BitTorrenting areas in America.
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SaintEB 
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| re: Music Fans torrent 759 million songs in six months, Gainesville, FL #1 (Posted on 10/3/12 at 3:48 pm to UltimateHog)
I contributed to none of this.
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GCTiger11 
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| re: Music Fans torrent 759 million songs in six months, Gainesville, FL #1 (Posted on 10/3/12 at 3:51 pm to UltimateHog)
I could see how the Tigers use this for motivation this weekend.
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ForeverLSU02 
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| re: Music Fans torrent 759 million songs in six months, Gainesville, FL #1 (Posted on 10/3/12 at 3:51 pm to SaintEB)
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I contributed to none of this.
I used to, but not anymore. Screw that shite. Fricked my computer up
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UltimateHog
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| re: Music Fans torrent 759 million songs in six months, Gainesville, FL #1 (Posted on 10/3/12 at 3:52 pm to GCTiger11)
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I could see how the Tigers use this for motivation this weekend.
By making fun of the Gators during pregame walkthroughs knowing those headphones are playing pirated music?
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CajunBandit
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| re: Music Fans torrent 759 million songs in six months, Gainesville, FL #1 (Posted on 10/3/12 at 3:57 pm to UltimateHog)
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By making fun of the Gators during pregame walkthroughs knowing those headphones are playing pirated music?
They can use the rallying cry 'FOR THE RIAA!'
Am I on the wrong side of this?
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GCTiger11
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| re: Music Fans torrent 759 million songs in six months, Gainesville, FL #1 (Posted on 10/3/12 at 3:57 pm to UltimateHog)
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By making fun of the Gators during pregame walkthroughs knowing those headphones are playing pirated music?
By taking a stand against pirated music. 
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LewDawg 
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| re: Music Fans torrent 759 million songs in six months, Gainesville, FL #1 (Posted on 10/3/12 at 3:59 pm to UltimateHog)
I'm surprised Oceanside, CA isn't on there
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UltimateHog
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| re: Music Fans torrent 759 million songs in six months, Gainesville, FL #1 (Posted on 10/3/12 at 4:11 pm to LewDawg)
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I'm surprised Oceanside, CA isn't on there
Or anywhere in California for that matter.
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CAD703X 
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| re: Music Fans torrent 759 million songs in six months, Gainesville, FL #1 (Posted on 10/3/12 at 4:35 pm to GCTiger11)
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taking a stand against pirated music.
"pirated" lol
the riaa and mpaa brainwash machine is alive and well.
but but..the artists are starving..!
but but..its shoplifting 
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CAD703X
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| re: Music Fans torrent 759 million songs in six months, Gainesville, FL #1 (Posted on 10/3/12 at 4:39 pm to ForeverLSU02)
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. Fricked my computer up
you're doing it wrong.
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redneck hippie
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| re: Music Fans torrent 759 million songs in six months, Gainesville, FL #1 (Posted on 10/3/12 at 4:51 pm to ForeverLSU02)
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Fricked my computer up
no it didn't
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TotesMcGotes 
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| re: Music Fans torrent 759 million songs in six months, Gainesville, FL #1 (Posted on 10/3/12 at 6:42 pm to CAD703X)
So it's not stealing because the people who made it are wealthy?
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CAD703X
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| re: Music Fans torrent 759 million songs in six months, Gainesville, FL #1 (Posted on 10/3/12 at 7:11 pm to TotesMcGotes)
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So it's not stealing because the people who made it are wealthy?
the lines are pretty blurry between playing an album anytime you want (spotify) vs having a 'hard copy' backup you can play whenever you don't have broadband.
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Cosmo 
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| re: Music Fans torrent 759 million songs in six months, Gainesville, FL #1 (Posted on 10/3/12 at 7:14 pm to UltimateHog)
All I torrent is porn.
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SG_Geaux 
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| re: Music Fans torrent 759 million songs in six months, Gainesville, FL #1 (Posted on 10/3/12 at 7:16 pm to CAD703X)
A hard copy backup of a subscription service?
You can pay the monthly fee with spotify and use offline mode.
I don't get the people that are proud that they have 50,000 songs. Not like you are listening to them all.
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foshizzle
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| re: Music Fans torrent 759 million songs in six months, Gainesville, FL #1 (Posted on 10/3/12 at 7:35 pm to UltimateHog)
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Fairbanks, AK
Not much else to do there except freeze.
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TotesMcGotes
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| re: Music Fans torrent 759 million songs in six months, Gainesville, FL #1 (Posted on 10/4/12 at 8:40 am to CAD703X)
I think spotify is a compromise, but it's drastically better than having someone get your music via torrents.
How is torrents not stealing because the person(s) being stolen from is/are wealthy though? That doesn't make sense.
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TH03 
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| re: Music Fans torrent 759 million songs in six months, Gainesville, FL #1 (Posted on 10/4/12 at 3:34 pm to UltimateHog)
usenet FTW
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PRK
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| re: Music Fans torrent 759 million songs in six months, Gainesville, FL #1 (Posted on 10/4/12 at 3:43 pm to TH03)
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usenet FTW
Shhhh.
But really, Spotify.
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