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AOL Shuts Down Search Engine
Today the Wall Street Journal reported that America Online will take down their new search engine that allows users to find music files in MP3 format. With the new AOL/Time Warner merger, such a project would undoubtedly cause friction between the two groups.
Employees at Time Warner wondered what people would think when the two companies combined, yet AOL was helping to find illegal copies of Time Warner artists' pirated songs.
A spokesperson for AOL told the Wall Street Journal that its service could not tell the difference between legal and illegal MP3s and until that function has been created, the search engine would be shut down.
User Comments
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spyed
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Date: August 10, 2000 @ 1:34 PM
how long before they decide that WINAMP shouldn't play files any files until it knows which songs are legal or illegal to play? |
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pressf8
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Date: August 10, 2000 @ 1:46 PM
Ha--that's probably the only reason TW wants to do the merger--so they can control the most popular MP3 player out there :) Oh that's evil ;)
AOL becomes big brother--watching everyone through AIM, ICQ, Netscape, and soon Winamp...
Brian
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rob_n
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Date: August 10, 2000 @ 6:50 PM
Oh darn...well there goes that option of finding mp3s!! Damn, aol is such a reliable source too! |
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rob_n
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Date: August 10, 2000 @ 6:51 PM
Intel already does it so why not? heh. |
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Fletch
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Date: August 11, 2000 @ 11:32 AM
some interesting commentary in steve gedikan's .plan
i'm sure those of you who care know where to look, but here's the URL anyway:
http://www.winamp.com/community/team/finger.jhtml?who=steve
....poor mikey :( |
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Fletch
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Date: August 11, 2000 @ 11:33 AM
s/gedikan/gedikian |
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hoffey
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Date: August 13, 2000 @ 7:03 PM
i doubt the current nullsoft developers would ever do that, but even if they did just use whatever winamp you use now. |
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