Windows Connection Issues Patch

Today, January 15th 2008, we have introduced a test patch to make the connection issues go away. The patch should work with XP. It has not been tested with Vista. Please Try it and give us all your feedback (both XP and Vista users feedback would be greatly appreciated)

Our thanks to FTA for this patch.

The instructions are simple:
1. Download zip file from http://www.mybloop.com/FTA/fixconnecting.zip
2. Close FrostWire completely if it’s running

3. Open the zip file and then click on ‘fixgnutella.exe’

The executable is virus free and it should run without problems (XP and Vista), in very rare situations it could need some kind of “DLL” or additional files.

FrostWire featured on LifeHacker

We’ve just found out we were featured on LifeHacker.com, one of our favorite blogs.

Cheers, and thanks to Adam Pash for writing about us.

FrostWire’s “Buy” button more effective each day

A couple of week’s ago the music industry was a different place. If you did a search on FrostWire for “Metallica”, and you clicked on the “Buy” button, you’d only find versions by other bands of Metallica’s songs available for purchase.

If you try it now, you can legally purchase the entire rooster of Metallica’s songs via the FrostWire’s Buy button after you do a search for Metallica. Songs cost between $0.89 and $0.99 and they come in high quality MP3 format, no DRM!!!!

This is because finally the big record labels decided to drop DRM (you can now play the music you buy on any device, it’s not protected against copying/playing in anyway) and put their music for sale on the AmazonMp3 music store, which is the system FrostWire uses to help artists sell their music and you the user to find the best quality music 100% legally.

Finally the Music Industry started opening their eyes.

Sony BMG Plans to Drop DRM

We are starting the year with one of the best news for the FrostWire Community. At the end of 2007, Warner Music Group announced that they’d be selling DRM-free songs, we didn’t know that Sony BMG would act so fast upon this, we’re glad this happened.

According to BusinessWeek:

Sony BMG would become the last of the top four music labels to drop DRM, following Warner Music Group (WMG), which in late December said it would sell DRM-free songs through Amazon.com’s (AMZN) digital music store. EMI and Vivendi’s Universal Music Group announced their plans for DRM-free downloads earlier in 2007.

Why is this great news for the FrostWire community?

The acceptance of DRM as a failure by the big 4 helps legitimize FrostWire, since FrostWire features a “Buy” button which enables all FrostWire users to purchase DRM-Free music from the Amazon.com’s digital music store. The effectiveness of the buy button to find legal downloads on amazon depends on the availability of music, now that the major labels are offering their content in a DRM-free fashion you will be able to find pretty much any main-stream song with FrostWire’s “Buy” button.

Best of all, songs are priced under $1, and as we said DRM-Free, which means you can play the song you bought anywhere. I wonder what Steve Jobs must be thinking now.