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*********************************************** FileFront File Ripper By LJ Updates made by TiM, 2011 This script is released under public domain. *********************************************** In 2009, Ziff Davis made an announcement that due to funding, FileFront would be shut down and all files it was hosting would be deleted. In response to this, a massive initiative began where many users started downloading all of the files off FileFront's various video game subdomains in order to save them from digital oblivion. As part of this initiative, a Python script was hastily devised to automate the downloading and archival of such files. This script was posted on the UberGames forum in 2009, and has been available there since. At the last second, the original owners of FileFront swooped in and purchased FileFront off Ziff Davis, saving it. In late 2011, amidst a rumour that FileFront might potentially be facing another shutdown, I updated the original script so it would work with FileFront's modern implementation. *********************************************** I am providing this script, as is, so that people may be able to quickly access it in the event another mass FileFront-archival initiative becomes necessary. Please note: Due to the absolute massive amounts of bandwidth this script is able to make your system consume (On both FileFront's and your own behalf), I would not recommend using this script unless such a time. Due to the nature of page-scraping, this script may stop working at any time. ***********************************************
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Created in response to the impending shut-down of FileFront in 2009. I've put this here in case it happens again.
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