Despite running a decentralized server that merely listed the files available on other user's hard drives, Audiogalaxy managed to rake in six figures monthly by delivering a reported 1.5 billion hits a month to its advertisers. Sure, I feel bad for Audiogalaxy- they set up an entire business around matching would-be file swappers with like-minded music fans after the bloodthirsty, litigious record industry crushed Napster. Where would I go to download music? I already spend as much money as humanly possible on records, and there's no way I'm going to pay $15 bucks for discs I've never heard. When Audiogalaxy blocked its service last week, my blood ran cold. So where to go for free mp3s? Chris Dahlen, currently the Editor-in-Chief of Kill Screen, weighed the options, and the result is a look at what the file-sharing landscape looked like nine years ago. Hindsight: After the implosion of Napster, Audiogalaxy was briefly the file sharing tool of choice. How to Survive Without Audiogalaxy: A Guide to File-Sharing Alternatives
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