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Very nicely written Secret. I was a big fan of OiNK, I had a pretty good ratio there and, as you pointed out, I got a lot of music from bands I had never heard of. I loved their similar artist search functionality.
By downloading Barenaked Ladies, I was able to discover bands like Guster, whom I had never heard of. They certainly aren't getting any airplay on stations I listen to. Hell, come to think of it, neither are BNL.
It's sad that the record companies think they are sending a positive message by shutting sites like that down, instead of embracing in a manner like Secret said. Instead they are sending a very negative message to users like myself. You see, I love music. I have tons of it from a lot of different genres. But I also have them in a bunch of dead formats. I have over 200 vinyl albums, over 100 cassettes and just as many CDs. Now I'm trying to build up just as big of a collection in digital format, but the industry wants to throw digital rights management onto them and limit how I can use them. Screw that.
It's sad how the music industry is alienating their user base and patting themselves on the back for it.
RIP OiNK. Hopefully you'll be back.
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