Blubster: Music industry battles Spanish computer buff

[KiwiCoromandel]

Pablo Soto's story may be every computer whiz kid's dream - or nightmare. After leaving school at 16 to support his family, he managed to eke out a living doing what he loves most: designing computer programs.

Then in 2001, the Madrid native launched Blubster, one of the world's most popular peer-to-peer internet file-sharing programs of recent years - with no training and operating out of his grandmother's apartment.

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source: AP

image: Fair Use/www.ez-tracks.com: PABLO SOTO/BLUBSTER....Downloading copyrighted material is illegal in Spain but not a criminal offence, and courts consistently throw out cases on grounds that it is an infringement only if used for commercial profit.

[DudeAsInCool]

You can check out Blubster right HERE

[KiwiCoromandel]

the trouble is...blubster is full of spyware...remember the infamous blubster toolbar...uninstalling that mother reduced grown men to tears...dr damn (may he rest in peace) put out a "clean" blubster years ago...and here it is...

http://rs340.rapidshare.com/files/12840080...ter250clean.exe

http://www.fbmsoftware.com/spyware-net/Application/Blubster/

http://www.spywaredb.com/remove-blubster/

[KiwiCoromandel]

YIKES!!!...no wonder they`re trying to shut him (Pablo) down...i would too...this is what you get when you d/l the current blubster site version...with dealio toolbar (oh joy, oh joy) included...lucky i installed it on a virtual drive.... :o

for some reason the clean version isn`t working on vista...

[KiwiCoromandel]

The Spyware Infested Filesharing Programs List....jeez this is old....there are some shockers in that list mate...it brings back many memories of spyware terror back in the good ol` kazaa days....

http://kppfree.altervista.org/spylist.html

[Redneck4sure]

The virtual drive thing seems to be a great deal. My son uses it all the time. One of these days I may get him to show me how.

[KiwiCoromandel]

The virtual drive thing seems to be a great deal. My son uses it all the time. One of these days I may get him to show me how.

i use this one mate....Returnil Virtual System...hassle-free...simple as...i simply rebooted and all that blubster shit was gone..disappeared without trace...small (2.65 MB)...simple operation and instructions...runs well on XP or Vista.

http://www.returnilvirtualsystem.com/retur...system-personal

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Returnil_Virtual...tion_d5702.html

[Redneck4sure]

hassle-free...simple as...

That's what I need.

Thanks!