July 11, 2007
Google is better than Limewire for downloading Music
A 21-year-old American has posted a video on YouTube explaining how to use Google’s search engine to download music and video games for free, Les Echos, sister paper of the Financial Times, has found, reports the FT.
"Mr Ruska, who posted the video “to educate internet users”, said music files could be downloaded this way far more quickly than from peer-to-peer file-sharing networks, which are illegal in many countries because they contravene the copyright of artists and recording companies.
The posting is potentially embarrassing for Google, which owns the YouTube video-sharing website. The world’s leading search engine has long since disabled functions that were previously used to search for MP3 music files. However, Mr Ruska’s search method not only finds MP3 format recordings but also the MP4 format predominantly used by the iTunes music player developed by US technology group Apple.
The YouTube video has been viewed by more than 430,000 internet users since it was posted in April."
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