To download songs, the application had to be open when search results from the Web site were returned, we simply clicked the little satellite button next to them to initiate the download. The AudioGalaxy Web site worked in conjunction with the AudioGalaxy Satellite application, which had to be installed before the service could be used. Unlike Napster, you weren't limited to only sharing music through the Scour Exchange service and the sharing of movie files brought about Scour's downfall as the movie studios hit Scour with a copyright lawsuit.ĪudioGalaxy was probably the best of the music file sharing applications and it was popular around the same time as Napster. The application supported resumed downloads and simultaneous downloads. When we selected the songs we wanted to download, they would appear in an elegant little pop-up window called the Scour Media Agent. It evolved at around the same time as Napster, and while it wasn't as popular as Napster, somehow it seemed to have more hard-to-find music - especially oldies (relatively speaking).
Scour.Net was a search engine through which you could find pretty much any media on the Scour Exchange peer-to-peer network. We experienced the sounds of so many great artists (and also plenty of rubbish ones) using Napster we think it was an invaluable service for music lovers who wanted to sample new music, as this was the easiest means to do so at the time. If we liked the song, we scoured the shops on the weekend trying to find it if we couldn't, we'd consider ordering it online from, Tower Records or Amazon. If we were lucky, we found a user with a stable connection and were able to download it on our 56Kbps connection in around 20-30min. We'd read a Newsgroup post or an online reviews site, then we hit-up Napster to see if we could download the song. The arrival of Napster made it easy to download songs from artists that we could only read about online, with Buckley's chance of ever hearing it get airplay on Australian radio. Like many peer-to-peer fans out there, Napster holds a special place in our hearts. For our trip down memory lane, we're using our dusty memories (and a little help from Wikipedia), so apologies in advance if we mess up some of the features or don't mention all of the capabilities of these file sharing applications - hey, we're gettin' older and the memories of our youth are fading fast (and feel free to correct us or flame us for any oversights in the comments section).
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