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metalprogressiv 
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 Topic: Are Progarchives.com’s mp3s legal?
Posted: September 17 2005 at 19:04 |
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Hello, everyone.
I think this site is awesome! I've already learned a lot from it, and
I'm highly interested in checking out more facets of Progressive music.
I have a question: are the mp3s on Progarchives.com legal and legitimate? I don't mean to be tense, but I would like to know.
If anyone could assist me, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you and rock on,
metalprogressiv
Edited by metalprogressiv
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"Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds, but animated nature sweeter still, to soothe and satisfy the human ear".
--William Cowper
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The Hemulen
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Posted: September 17 2005 at 19:08 |
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The general rule is that the mp3s are removed if the artist in question
contacts us requesting for them to be taken off. However, some artists
who've become aware of them have in fact expressed that they see no
problem in the mp3s being available as they serve as a good "advert"
for their work. If you feel insecure downloading them then don't, but
really they're just harmless samples that are helping to spread an
appreciation and understanding of prog to an ever wider audience.
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horza
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Posted: September 17 2005 at 19:10 |
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Ok i use Limewire to download (to make buying decisions you understand) so where do i download from on prog archives ??
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Originally posted by darkshade:
Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot.
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King of Loss
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Joined: April 21 2005
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Posted: September 17 2005 at 19:11 |
 Trouserpress wrote:
The general rule is that the mp3s are removed if the artist in question contacts us requesting for them to be taken off. However, some artists who've become aware of them have in fact expressed that they see no problem in the mp3s being available as they serve as a good "advert" for their work. If you feel insecure downloading them then don't, but really they're just harmless samples that are helping to spread an appreciation and understanding of prog to an ever wider audience. |
Greatly explained, TP! 
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BePinkTheater
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Joined: September 01 2005
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Posted: September 17 2005 at 19:14 |
Im HUGE flower kings fan now, cause of those downloads.
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I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t.
-Stone Beard
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metalprogressiv
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Posted: September 17 2005 at 19:15 |
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Trouserpress:
Ok, I understand. Thank you very much for your reply.
metalprogressiv
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Syntharachnid
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Posted: September 17 2005 at 19:53 |
horza wrote:
Ok i use Limewire to download (to make buying decisions you understand) so where do i download from on prog archives ?? |
Simple. Just go to the bio page of the band you are interested in, scroll down a bit, and check out the mp3s. To download one, right click it and choose save target as.
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bumheed7
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Posted: September 17 2005 at 20:05 |
BePinkTheater wrote:
Im HUGE flower kings fan now, cause of those downloads. |
yeah, i love focus now cos of the downloads on the site, and am goin to
see them live next month. if it wasnt for progarchives then i would
have they five albums missin from my collection and one gig removed
from my upcomings.
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uriah561
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Posted: September 17 2005 at 20:31 |
Yeah, those  lawyers out for royalties for every free song you download. Come on, now! It's purely for the buy-making decisions. Ok, I admit, I do happen to download full albums for free, but that's only in very rare circumstances (like I can't find an album cuz it's out of print). Thank you Progarchives.com for free mp3s. I wouldn't of even known artists like Gentle Giant and Camel. Three cheers for free music!
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Robert G.
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King of Loss
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Posted: September 17 2005 at 20:48 |
I think those wonderful Gentle Giant mp3s suits me a lot, since I've always been skeptical of their cd length... 
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: September 17 2005 at 21:17 |
metalprogressiv wrote:
Hello, everyone.
I think this site is awesome! I've already learned a lot from it, and I'm highly interested in checking out more facets of Progressive music.
I have a question: are the mp3s on Progarchives.com legal and legitimate? I don't mean to be tense, but I would like to know.
If anyone could assist me, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you and rock on,
metalprogressiv |
This dude has posted the same question in 3 forums on this site,even after getting a pretty good answer from TP.
Somethin fishy about this guy
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The Gent
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Posted: September 17 2005 at 21:36 |
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I asked this question - originally on the Q. T. - and from the answer I got decided to do the following: I download a song and listen to it three times (four, if my wife doesn't hear it in one of the three). I then delete it. And never burn it on to a CD. This is just my rule for me.
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May God Bless you in all that you do.
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Kohllapse
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Posted: September 17 2005 at 21:44 |
"Not legal  " That's a quote from M@X
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GFoyle
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Posted: September 18 2005 at 02:18 |
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I have bought probably over 200 albums and learned to know tons of bands
this year because progarchives and especially those mp3's.
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Nipsey88
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Posted: September 18 2005 at 02:27 |
Legal or not...
I have said this before, I download music like no one's business, but I
always spend the absolute maximum my budget will allow on support of
great artists (and those not so great). I have spent so much $$$ on
artists I would NEVER have heard had it not been for my exposure to
them through legal (and otherwise  )
downloads. The internet has been the single greatest tool in the
advancement of progressive music, as it allows us instant access to
music from around the world we never would have heard, as our genre of
choice rarely receives radio play.
Example: I first discovered Porcupine Tree by illegally downloading
several songs on Napster years back. Since then, I have bought every
album by them I can get my hands on as well as albums by No-Man,
Blackfield, and IEM. Throw in the cost of seeing them four times (For
one show, I bought two "extra" tix and gave them to friends, just to
expose them), and Blackfield once. Add in T-shirts and I'd say that
three simple "illegal" downloads have served the financial interest of
the artist quite well. But maybe I am the exception, I'll probably end
up in jail anyway...
Edited by Nipsey88
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S Lang
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Posted: September 18 2005 at 04:36 |
OK, take this. I live in a tiny hamlet in rural Australia, about 360 km from the nearest "Big Smoke". Just walk into a record store and search endlessly on sample tracks provided. There'll be not one Prog tune! Even at the stores I may not find what I am looking for - that is presuming that I know what it is...! MP3s are a great help in deciding if I may have some interest in that artist, although disappointment is not that rare, after mail-ordering an album on recommendation.
I have no problem with downloading the odd tune that - with my Internet speed of 21600 on a good day - takes me an average of 80 minutes!
I see MP3s as a valid marketing tool and the promoters couldn't agree more in their right minds. Legal, or not, we all win!
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chopper
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Posted: September 18 2005 at 04:54 |
TheProgtologist wrote:
metalprogressiv wrote:
Hello, everyone.
I
think this site is awesome! I've already learned a lot from it, and I'm
highly interested in checking out more facets of Progressive music.
I have a question: are the mp3s on Progarchives.com legal and legitimate? I don't mean to be tense, but I would like to know.
If anyone could assist me, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you and rock on,
metalprogressiv |
This dude has posted the same question in 3 forums on this site,even after getting a pretty good answer from TP.
Somethin fishy about this guy |
Maybe he's a record company spy.
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tuxon
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Joined: September 21 2004
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Posted: September 18 2005 at 07:12 |
chopper wrote:
TheProgtologist wrote:
metalprogressiv wrote:
Hello, everyone.
I think this site is awesome! I've already learned a lot from it, and I'm highly interested in checking out more facets of Progressive music.
I have a question: are the mp3s on Progarchives.com legal and legitimate? I don't mean to be tense, but I would like to know.
If anyone could assist me, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you and rock on,
metalprogressiv |
This dude has posted the same question in 3 forums on this site,even after getting a pretty good answer from TP.
Somethin fishy about this guy
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Maybe he's a record company spy.
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maybe he can't read, so he doesn't know his question is answered already
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oVerCaffeinated
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Posted: September 18 2005 at 09:27 |
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I think you're allowed to make 30 second samples. Any longer without the consent of the artist is illegal.
Edited by oVerCaffeinated
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M@X
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Posted: September 18 2005 at 10:04 |
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Only 2 artists contacted us to remove them , 1 of them told us finally we should keep them .
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