Ray of Light wrote:

OiNK wrote:

Between the 24th of December and the 1st of January GMT (inclusive), downloading will not affect your share ratio in any way.

We will still be recording uploaded amounts, but ignoring downloaded.

For those of you who don't often download because you are concerned it will affect your stats too much, now is your chance to get everything you've wanted. Similarly, those of you who are struggling to maintain a decent share ratio, now's your chance to seed everything you've previously downloaded or upload your own stuff, knowing that it will probably be downloaded much more.

OiNK wrote:


Just because the 'free' downloading period has now finished doesn't mean you shouldn't download anymore! This was a total one-off created not just as a good will gesture, but as a reminder to actually download music. We're all about sharing here, yet it seemed to take a period of 'free' downloading to get people to actually try out new music or update music collections. If someone recommends you some music, your first thought shouldn't be whether your ratio afford it, it should be to give it a try!

Anyway, we hope you had a most enjoyable holiday period and let the new year be full of even more sharing!