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Now, I\'m not trying to kiss ass, or insult anyone, or whatnot.. but, Planet Megaman has, for a long time, been my favorite source for Megaman-related music. Unfortunately, they\'ve recently taken down their downloads.. Why? Leechers.. sites that are linking directly into the files, instead of just downloading/uploading them on their own.. One site owner says he directly links because it\'s \'convenient\'.. for him, perhaps, but, not for the many visitors of the original site... Try not to download direct link files.. go to the original site, instead, so that not so much bandwidth is eaten up.. It really helps site owners a bunch. I\'m not affiliated with these sites in any way, I just want people to know how crippling it can be to a site\'s file systems. Don\'t do direct linking.. if you know someone who direct links, please inform them of the troubles that this causes, and report them to the site they\'re linking to.

This concludes my ran.. er... public service announcement.. thank you!


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Planet Megaman should do like Doc did. He somehow disabled direct linking to the fanart image section.. I dunno if you can do that with files, though.

I\'ve seen other sites with downloadable media, have a picture with numbers on it, that you have to enter in order to get the file. So, if a leecher links to it, the downloader person won\'t be able to get the file (and leech bandwidth) without the numbers from the original site. And bots can\'t get it either, because the numbers are on the picture..

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Anybody have some sites for some bad ass remixes I can download and upload??

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Planet Megaman should do like Doc did. He somehow disabled direct linking to the fanart image section.. I dunno if you can do that with files, though.


As far as my server is concerned, I can block any type of file located in any directory. The check works by file extension, so all I would have to do to protect my music archive from remote linking would be to block .mp3 files in the related directories. I only covered the fanart section (along with a minor section or two) since those were the source of the largest bandwidth leaks. I monitor file linking to make sure someone isn\'t (ab)using it.

It is annoying when people start linking to your stuff, especially if it concerns large files (like music archives), or exclusive content (like fanart). The webmasters who do that usually don\'t even know why it\'s a bad thing for the concerned site. Unfortunately, not much can be done besides warning people and installing blocks...

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Anybody have some sites for some bad ass remixes I can download and upload??


That\'s off-topic.


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Anybody have some sites for some bad ass remixes I can download and upload??


That\'s off-topic.


Ok.

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Okay, this was an INFORMATIVE message, and, the only comments I want made are HELPFUL comments.. not people mocking the sensibility of others.. Stop spamming, and start making some sense!


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Okay, this was an INFORMATIVE message, and, the only comments I want made are HELPFUL comments.. not people mocking the sensibility of others.. Stop spamming, and start making some sense!

He\'s not even doing anything or insulting people... I\'m pretty sure he\'s sorry even. But that\'s just me...
I think I know what you\'re all saying. When I was little, all I wanted to do was make a website. So I downloaded all these images from all these websites (some were fanart) in hopes of putting them on mine. A lot of people just quite frankly don\'t know that it\'s a problem.
Luckily, the page never got on it\'s feet. I\'m clean. :D


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