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  • verb Present participle of download.

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Examples

  • Since those downloads cost the produceer $0, but give all the downloaders utility, the downloading is a net social benefit.

    Matthew Yglesias » Deadweight Loss 2009

  • No matter how many times a person dies, as long as the stack survives, a downloading is always available.

    Now This be a Good Novel! 2004

  • No matter how many times a person dies, as long as the stack survives, a downloading is always available.

    The Sudden Curve: 2004

  • No matter how many times a person dies, as long as the stack survives, a downloading is always available.

    Now This be a Good Novel! 2004

  • Macquarie Dictionary word of the year was 'pod slurping' which it described as the downloading of large quantities of data to an MP3 player or memory stick.

    The Age News Headlines 2010

  • An excellent demonstration that the “downloading is costing the box-office money” argument is cow poop.

    X-Men Origins record earnings! 2009

  • “Spanish courts have repeatedly ruled that free music downloading is not illegal if it is not for commercial use,” says the Associated Press, going on »»»

    Big Music renews efforts to crush Blubster 2009

  • And then Ian did it again a column in USA Today saying the RIAA ` s claim that the industry and artists are hurt by free downloading, is nonsense.

    We don’t sell records,we sell dreams: Janis Ian 2009

  • That downloading is legal in the Netherlands, even if the uploader committed copyright infringement when he uploaded the material.

    Dutch Usenet group sues BREIN 2009

  • June 9th, 2009 at 10: 25 pm file sharing has shown a steady increase of 27-30% per annum for 6 years, and not slowing down any. p2p downloading is more popular than ever. the quality steadily increases, the availability improves, broadband is getting faster and faster.

    MediaSentry operates in Australia: confirmed 2009

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