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Re:RIAA shuts down Muxtape by jacobbijani on Tuesday August 19, 2008 @03:01AM (#280158)
Just being broken is a lot better than potentially getting sued to shit. Why do people always claim sites "pretend" to have down time?
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Re:RIAA shuts down Muxtape by mattmaroon on Tuesday August 19, 2008 @03:06AM (#280162)
People also claim that we never walked on the moon and that George W Bush planned 9/11. I imagine the reasoning is pretty much the same.
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Re:RIAA shuts down Muxtape by ppdes on Tuesday August 19, 2008 @07:38AM (#280284)
Being broken gives you an unreliable reputation and people will make fun of your lack of system operations skillz.

Being sued by the RIAA makes you look like a hero of freedom and people will say good things about you and how bad it would be if you lose.

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Re:RIAA shuts down Muxtape by sgibat on Tuesday August 19, 2008 @05:11PM (#280836)
Yeah, but if you get caught, everyone hates you. Not worth the risk, and I doubt that's the case here.
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Re:RIAA shuts down Muxtape by alaskamiller on Tuesday August 19, 2008 @05:44PM (#280876)
No one said it was broken. Let's try this mind exercise again: SERVER WISE what might possibly go wrong to cause Muxtape to shut down its free/consumer aspect of the site but not the professional/paid aspect of the site?
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