p2pnet news view | P2P:- It’s almost the season of giving and sharing and Canada’s national broadcaster, the CBC, has joined up with the P2P file sharing community, lock-stock-and-barrel!

Thanks to the vigilance of a p2pnet reader, we can reveal the existence of the CBC Sneaker Net — Operation Disc Drop!

For anyone who doesn’t know what a sneaker net is, it’s a, “tongue-in-cheek term used to describe the transfer of electronic information, especially computer files, by physically carrying removable media such as magnetic tape, floppy disks, compact discs, USB flash drives, or external hard drives from one computer to another,” explains the Wikipedia.

“There’s nothing more satisfying than sharing the joy of music,” says Paul McGrath on the CBC’s The Hour show, going on »»»

Disc Drop is your chance to turn a total stranger on to the tunes that changed your life. Who knows? Maybe you’ll change some-one else’s life while you’re at it.

STEP 1: Make a mixed CD of your favourite tunes. Somewhere on the disc write: “DISC DROP – cbc.ca/thehour”

Be sure to include a track-listing so people can track down more music by the artists on your disc.

STEP 2: Drop off your disc in a random public place.

STEP 3: Go to the “I Dropped a Disc – What Now”, click on the comments, and write down where you dropped off your disc and the track-listing.

Check back later to find out who picked it up, and where it’s heading next.

He goes on:

“Great. You’ve burned a disc with all the tracks you want to share with the world and dropped it in public place, now comes the last step.

“Click on the comments of this blog entry and leave a comment with your disc drop details. Write the address of where you left the disc (that’ll help people find it), the track list, your name and when you left it.”

That’s so Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony BMG’s CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association of America)  can track you down and accuse you of the massive illegal distribution of copyrighted product.

Just kidding. They’d never do that.

McGrath adds »»»

I Found a Disc – What do I do?

Congratulations, you’re the lucky recipient of a little CD lovin’ courtesy of a mysterious stranger. Give it a listen, and open your mind to some new music. You might just find your new favourite band.

Now click on the comments section of this blog entry and let us know where you found it, what you think of the mix, and what you’re going to do with it next.

Might we suggest you make a mix yourself, and do a little Operation Disc Drop of your own? 

Isn’t that called aiding and abetting, or something?

Seriously, it’s a great idea.

But you know how the Big 4 record labels feel about sharing ……………

Definitely stay tuned.

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News 1130 – , November , 2008

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