I know this is not Limewire or Gnutella's fault, but one of the most irritating things about using P2P networks is how misleading a lot of the search results are. I'm not talking about cases of deliberate fraud or spam -- it seems to be done out of sheer ignorance and laziness.

For instance, do a search under "B*b D**an" and you'll get this result: b*b d**an and j***s j***n - "*******". Well, geez, I didn't know D**n and J***in did a jam covering an old second rate S** and C**r tune -- what a collector's item! Only they didn't, download it and you'll find that it's actually a concert version of D***n and J*** B*** covering "*****". Thanks a lot.

Yes, I know that's there's a preview function to prevent downloading something you don't want. That's not the point. It's the blatant ignorance and sloth which I find offensive. I mean, anyone remotely sounding like, say, B****S*********n will probably come up in a search for S*******n. It's just so disrespectful of the artists.

Is anyone else bothered by this? And is there anyway that all this mislabeling could be corrected?


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You mean other than the fact that we're downloading their music through a p2p network?

Yeah, well, I'd imagine the artists I mentioned aren't exactly in the poor house, plenty of royalties coming in from other sources. In the meantime their work is getting even wider distribution for free -- I'd think they'd want their work spread out as far as it can go. However I don't think Bruce Springsteen would appreciate his work being credited to Rick Springfield - that's all.

You sound just like the guy that was trying to buy marijuana only to get home and find out that he bought some really expensive oregano...

If you are illegally downloading copywrited material, how can you demand high standards?

I agree with this one right here.

If you are illegally downloading copywrited material, how can you demand high standards?

Chris B.......

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