# Banned from Napster: now what? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 25, 2000, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-napster-now-what/23443 "2000-06-25T03:02:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2000, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-napster-now-what/23443/21 "2000-07-03T07:31:56Z")
So, can the SDMB use the registry to make their bans a bit more permanent? ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2000, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-napster-now-what/23443/22 "2000-07-03T07:34:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Has anyone tried Gnutella? I understand that that particular program is not open to the legal assaults that Napster is currently not enjoying, because it does not operate from a central site. > \*\* You’d be right about Gnutella, in that it doesn’t opporate from a central server. However, I can tell you from personal experience that Gnutella is very, very, very, very slow. Though this is just my personal experience. I’d have to go with Jvanhorn and suggest Cute MX. I’ve used their FTP program for a long time, and their file downloading program is great. That’s the other great thing about it: IT IS FOR DOWNLOADING ANY TYPE OF FILE. Napster is just for mp3’s. You can download movie files, exe. files (though I wouldn’t recommend this) and any other kind of file you can think of. Also, people can only get files from you if they are in one of your designated folders. Later all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-from-napster-now-what/23443.md?page=1)