<p>See, I listen to mostly Asian music, so downloading is pretty much the only way I can conveniently access it. I do purely direct downloads - mostly Megaupload and Mediafire - no torrents or Limewire or anything like that. That thread suggests that direct downloading is mostly ok, but it's best to make sure with a studnet at your particular college. </p>
<p>So yeah. Princeton students, is direct downloading ok??</p>
<p>direct downloading is fine. I had a roommate that direct downloaded tons of songs on campus. I direct downloaded a good amount also. Using torrents/limewire and sharing them is risky, and shouldn’t be done.</p>
<p>Hey, I know this has been answered for you but I just had the comment. I’m the same way, I listen to a lot of Japanese music. It’s like 75% (well maybe a little less) of my musical library. I wouldn’t mind paying for the music if I could use a downloading service, but I’m not going to pay 20 bucks on YesAsia for a single with 3 songs, when I listen to several artist. That thousands of dollars. It’s cheaper to get sued…lol jk! So yes, I am concerned about the same thing as you! ha ha!</p>
<p>haha, SailorMoon–at the KASA (Korean American Students Association) spring banquet this year, there was actually a group of 6? 7? girls who did the 소녀시대 dance to Gee…no singing, but the dancing was terrifically entertaining.</p>
<p>Biggie–as far as I understand it, Limewire (and other P2P programs) aren’t technically P2P in the way that the term might describe it. Instead, when you share files on Limewire, it goes through the Gnutella network, which means it’s much more susceptible to being detected. Direct downloading, on the other hand, goes straight from website->computer or other person->computer, which is safer because it’s impossible to distinguish from other types of legitimate web traffic.</p>
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