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Well, that was an interesting idea.. They decided to distribute the files via ... Dropbox. Missing AOI: Bionix now, because Error (509) This account's public

Well, that was an interesting idea.. They decided to distribute the files via ... Dropbox. Missing AOI: Bionix now, because Error (509) This account's public links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled!

famousactress 13y ago
I was super curious about the delivery mechanism. Wildly bold choice, presuming Dropbox wasn't collaborating.
- darklajid 13y ago
  I'd guess Dropbox wasn't informed. The way this plays out, someone thought that this might be a good idea and didn't think it through - or didn't expect the reaction. I'm not sure about the legality of sharing what I got - as I said, I finished 5 out of 6 downloads, missing just AOI: Bionix (well, the last one to click in the mail...). Edit: Yeah.. The people who did this? Not technical.. ;-) inflating: __MACOSX/De La Soul Is Dead/._.DS_Store Edit2: I even got a Thumbs.db!
  - gonzo 13y ago
    OS X... funny.
evan_ 13y ago
Looks like they've got 'em up on S3 now.
- deanclatworthy 13y ago
  The links from their public bucket that you receieve once you get the mail. For those that don't want to sign up to the mailing list or wait: http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/3-Feet-High.zip http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/3-Feet-High.zip http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/De-La-Soul-Is-Dead.zip http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/De-La-Soul-Is-D... http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/Buhloone-Mindstate.zip http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/Buhloone-Mindst... http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/Stakes-Is-High.zip http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/Stakes-Is-High.... http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/Art-Official-Intelligence.zip http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/Art-Official-In... http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/AOI-Bionix.zip http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/AOI-Bionix.zip http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/Remixes-Rarities-Instrumentals.zip http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/Remixes-Raritie...
  - sizzle 13y ago
    awesome thanks
makmanalp 13y ago
This sounds like the situation to use torrents. I wish there was a web torrent standard for large content delivery, and browsers implemented clients, which only seeded for a preset amount or only during the download. The checksumming would also help immensely.
- cpeterso 13y ago
  The article says their back catalog will only be downloadable for 25 hours. Is it possible to prevent new downloaders from joining a torrent swarm if you take down the original torrent file? Someone could just repost the original torrent file on a different torrent site.
  - kleiba 13y ago
    I suppose their whole discography has been available as a torrent download for a long time anyway. The whole thing could have been made a whole lot easier, all they'd have had to do was to say: "Look, for the next 24 hours, we're not going to press charges on otherwise illegal file sharing."

famousactress 13y ago

I was super curious about the delivery mechanism. Wildly bold choice, presuming Dropbox wasn't collaborating.

darklajid 13y ago
I'd guess Dropbox wasn't informed. The way this plays out, someone thought that this might be a good idea and didn't think it through - or didn't expect the reaction. I'm not sure about the legality of sharing what I got - as I said, I finished 5 out of 6 downloads, missing just AOI: Bionix (well, the last one to click in the mail...). Edit: Yeah.. The people who did this? Not technical.. ;-) inflating: __MACOSX/De La Soul Is Dead/._.DS_Store Edit2: I even got a Thumbs.db!
- gonzo 13y ago
  OS X... funny.

evan_ 13y ago

Looks like they've got 'em up on S3 now.

deanclatworthy 13y ago
The links from their public bucket that you receieve once you get the mail. For those that don't want to sign up to the mailing list or wait: http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/3-Feet-High.zip http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/3-Feet-High.zip http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/De-La-Soul-Is-Dead.zip http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/De-La-Soul-Is-D... http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/Buhloone-Mindstate.zip http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/Buhloone-Mindst... http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/Stakes-Is-High.zip http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/Stakes-Is-High.... http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/Art-Official-Intelligence.zip http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/Art-Official-In... http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/AOI-Bionix.zip http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/AOI-Bionix.zip http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/Remixes-Rarities-Instrumentals.zip http://de-la-soul.s3.amazonaws.com/downloads/Remixes-Raritie...
- sizzle 13y ago
  awesome thanks

makmanalp 13y ago

This sounds like the situation to use torrents. I wish there was a web torrent standard for large content delivery, and browsers implemented clients, which only seeded for a preset amount or only during the download. The checksumming would also help immensely.

cpeterso 13y ago
The article says their back catalog will only be downloadable for 25 hours. Is it possible to prevent new downloaders from joining a torrent swarm if you take down the original torrent file? Someone could just repost the original torrent file on a different torrent site.
- kleiba 13y ago
  I suppose their whole discography has been available as a torrent download for a long time anyway. The whole thing could have been made a whole lot easier, all they'd have had to do was to say: "Look, for the next 24 hours, we're not going to press charges on otherwise illegal file sharing."