The download button: changes for music files

Musicians and singers – listen up!

Partly as a response to your requests, and partly because some signed artists have opened eSnips profiles and asked to prevent downloads of their work, we’ve decided to give you more control as to who gets to download your audio files.  Our new audio-only tool allows you to determine, for each file, if it can be downloaded or only listened to from the site.

Up to now, audio files could be downloaded only when you were signed in.  As of today, users who upload or already have a MP3 or WMA audio file in their folders can decide if it can be downloaded or not. 

To allow visitors to download your files in public or group folders click “edit details” next to the file.  The “edit details” link is available only in the “List” “Details” or “One by One” folder views.  On the bottom of the file edit page, you will see the text below.  By checking this box your file will be available for download.  If you don’t check it, the file will only be available for listening only.  By default, files are not available for download.  You’ll need to do this for every audio file you want to enable for download, and for every new audio file you upload.   

When you change a folder from private to either group or public, files will not be available for download unless you purposely enable it.

Comments

[Hagit Katzenelson]

Melodi, the "enable download" is in the "edit details" of the file itself. In the folder list view, click "edit details" next to the file you want to enable. You'll see it on the bottom.

For everyone, this is something requested by many of the artists on eSnips: control over download. We haven't removed the download functionality but just gave owners control over it.

[a really pissed girl]

Now you people done it... I used to like this website cos it allows me to download stuff free... Now, you remove the downloading button and thus remove the thing that pushes me to type www.esnips.com on my comp... I bet, no, I know much MUCH lesser people will come and visit this site... GREAT MOVE, I tell ya... And I was being SARCASTIC.

[Chad Blunt]

This Site Sucks Now! Esnips are CockFags!

[Melodi]

Reply to Hagit.
That is what I was explaining, it is NOT in my edit details in list view or one-by-one. I have selected the file when in that view, then edit details, and no download check box exists on the page to enable downloads.

[Sarah]

What the fuck???
how are we supposed to download songs???
u took it away ??

Colud u put the fucking steps to how download songs???????

[prasad]

need download

[no man]

hey guyzz,do u know sum oder site to dload songs???plz tel me coz i rily nid it....tnxxxxxx

[conya]

this is kind of bullshit.
out of lets say 10,000 users, 9,500 are going to stop using this site now.

[concern esnips user!]

helllllloooooo. before, it ws very helful for us to have our favorite song with juz 1 as in ONE...click in the pc... but now, it is just a waste of tym for us 2 spend a lot..lot...of tym searchng and hoping to download songs.... pls DO SOMETHING...

[akuwh cambest]

oit sial
bg r blik download...
x kan x leh download..
memg sengal tol...
aku memg maleh nk
g kt website nih
klo kowg x wat blik care lamew...
ke kedekot????
0o0o0oit klo kedeKot mati
tanam sndri ah...
:(

[raymond yap]

need 2 down load

[Daph]

Yeah, like, DANG WE CAN'T DOWNLOAD ANYMORE. :(

COME ON! PLEASE BRING IT ONNNN AGGGAIIINN! :((

[Nat]

WTF WE WANT THE DOWNLOADS BK!!!

[akuwh cambest]

i think all esnipers,lets use limewire...
leave this website....
esnipers long time
ago we salute
but now...
urggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
sUckssssssssssssssssssss
...
plz do something.........
how could this happen 2 me
damn!!!!!!!!!!!

[jonard]

hey... what happen.... this site is created to share right?... so why is there click-to-allow-download rules now.???...

plsss... plsss... plsss. stop implementing this rules.... what am i to do...

[maira]

amazing... i really really LOVE this site and now i HATE this site!! give back the download function!!

[Tien]

why are u goin to upload a song and not want any one else to have it
its so damn bull shit

[fsmastah]

Return the download button. This site will burn to ashes just like imeem

[raymond yap]

elow i need to download plssss

[Chad Blunt]

This Sucks

[raymond yap]

please back the download button...

[jonard]

ok lets have a deal... because many esnipers is more on downloading songs than uploading songs to share... so why don't you just make a rules in which an esnipers' account should have 100 songs for them to have an access to downloading files...

ofcourse we have to share first... right???

if its ok...

hope you guyz(management) give us a chance... plsss.

[Chad Blunt]

Bullshit!!!

[anthony]

i think wat had esnips done was one of the most b*llsh*t thing in the whole world wide web...we dont want to click hundred times to listen on just a single song, the best way we can do is to download, now, do u think we can download again...of course no, ur just waisting everybodys time...ur a real as*h*le...hope ul die the time ul read this comment...

[krish]

Please allow us to download