This section was going to be about the legality of this software, considering that no money is transferred to copyright owners. It was also going to be about how it could be fashioned to benefit all concerned (re: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8128551.stm). Instead, it is about the philosophy behind the software. So, take a while to consider how many years of work and the fantastic discoveries that have preceeded this moment in order to not only enable the creation of music and its recording, but also to carry it to you in this way. You are entitled to enjoy these things (all things, not just music), regardless of what anyone else may say or how any economic system may attempt to control them. You are, after all, a person on this planet, just like everyone else. All that is really important is that you strive to better yourself and contribute whatever you can.

This is better put, though perhaps a little out of context, with the following quotation:

What we call civilization - the accumulation of knowledge which has come down to us from our forefathers - is the fruit of thousands of years of human thought and toil. It is not the result of the labour of the ancestors of any separate class of people who exist today, and therefore it is by right the common heritage of all. Every little child that is born into the world, no matter whether he is clever, or dull, whether he is physically perfect or lame, or blind; no matter how much he may excel or fall short of his fellows in other respects, in one thing at least he is their equal - he is one of the heirs of all the ages that have gone before.

- The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell.

i.e. money (and lack of it) is actually irrelevant and therefore should be of no object.

If you are still reading, and have some concerns, consider the following points when deciding whether or not to use this:

redcaza uses published, legal APIs to hunt for media

All the media that redcaza finds can also be found using only an Internet browser. From that browser you could use Google or YouTube, for example, to get exactly the same results. There is nothing unusual or illegal about the information that leaves your computer.

redcaza does not store media on your computer

All the media that you play, using redcaza, is streamed (a small part may be held for buffering purposes, but is then removed) - why store gigabytes of media locally when today's Internet speeds allow you to stream it from a remote source? This also means that your computer never transmits media to anyone else. Again, the same can be done using only an Internet browser, so there is nothing unusual in the way that redcaza works: from the browser you could listen to an MP3 on a website or go to YouTube.

redcaza enqueues remote media in Winamp

redcaza adds media links to Winamp playlists allowing you to mix locally stored and remote media from many different sources; therefore, you can enqueue hours of audio and video from within a single application, rather than having to switch applications to access media that is stored and managed elsewhere.