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207-563-5532
Oct 20, 2004
All the stuff above applies, but to me now.

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207-563-5532
Oct 20, 2004
I know some podcasts and other shows of an audio nature sometimes decide to charge money for their shows, or early access to shows, or premium episodes that the regular podcast peasants aren't fit to hear. I don't really like that but our motto around is here is "hello I love podcast!", so if you want to hear that stuff too you should show your "love podcast" spirit and pay for it. Its not ok to steal things and its especially not OK to use the forum as a place to do that. Please don't ask for people to upload and post content so that you don't have to pay for it.

That being said I know sometimes pay shows end up on the internet for free, somehow. If otherwise monetized content ends up streaming or for download on a site like youtube that has its own DMCA takedown process, or it's just put there by the artist for some reason, it's OK to link to it. It's also OK to ask if there is something like that out there. Copyright holders are free to protect their copyright or not, and more importantly, I won't have to do it for them. No need to report people for asking if a clip everyone is talking about is out there somewhere for free.

To the sharers, any and all anonymous file sharing links ala rapidshare (RIP) to paid content will be treated as if the poster uploaded it themselves and broke this rule, so don't post them here. If you have to share something that way or feel you have the right to, there are other ways to get that to someone aside from posting it in the forum. To the takers, while it's OK to ask if something is available to you for free, it's not OK to ask if the new pay episode is "out there for free wink wink also my PM box is empty and willing" on a weekly basis, that's annoying.

This seems like a common sense rule to me but feel free to PM me if this rule ruins your life or thread.

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