Making music downloads legal seems to be the perfect solution to stopping music piracy, which really encompasses downloading music for than anything else. Many people like to download music because it is easy and the quality is of decent quality but most people are concerned about doing it illegally. Here are some reasons why downloading music makes sense. 1. You are able to listen to music for free before purchasing the entire CD. 2. You can are able to listen to new artists.
Just a couple of years ago people were able to download, share and upload music on the original Napster site for free, this was the controversy to the record companies and artists if this was legal. The big popularity of music downloads started with Napster which was initial company which allowed you to download software to share, upload or download music without paying for it. This was revolutionary and showed the power of the internet.
Since Napster has been closed down and not allowed to give out free music and other similar websites have been closed most have been re-invented to provide legal music downloads. When illegal downloading started artists and companies were outraged about this, and they were especially angry with Napster, Napster allowed multiple number of people to connect to each others computer and download and share music without paying for it.
Many companies were worried about the loss of profits from music fans downloading the music instead of going to stores and purchasing the entire CD, so many bands, record companies have tried to enact laws about people downloading from free music sites. When downloading music and you see that you can download music and it has the same quality as buying the CD and easier it makes sense to most people to sit in front of their computer and download the music.
Well, free downloads brought down Napster and they’re illegal – why even risk it. There are sites that offer free music downloads you just need to find them. Napster now offers music at a price. There are many other sites that offer the same deals. You can download many different types of music from ITunes. The cost of this is fairly inexpensive and you do not need to join a club. You can also download videos to view on your video ipod.
When downloading be careful of viruses and or spyware, these programs are usually embedding in the file itself and when you open it or unzip the file your system becomes infected. Look on the internet for reputable music download sites. Another point to remember is that these download site can now record your IP Address. By doing this that can find out what provider is using the range of IPs and once found they can get the records and find out which IP address is assigned to whom. If caught you might have to pay a fine or you could be sent to prison. Think twice before downloading illegally.
David Marc Fishman
http://www.articlesbase.com/internet-articles/everyone-is-downloading-music-88868.html
Hi I have an ipod shuffle and i have been using an mp3 site to download my music from for free but the music won’t play. Does anybody have any suggestions for free music downloads onto your ipod without any monthly subscriptions?
None of these work the sites you have suggested!!! They dont work on my ipod whats wrong with it?
You have to import the MP3s into iTunes first, and then sync with your iPod, thats why you are having a probem.
Then check out:
Internet Archive
archive.org/details/opensource_audio
Creative Commons
wiki.creativecommons.org/Audio
BitTorrent networks Mininova and Vuze
Source(s):
Dan’s Free Songs
http://www.dansfreesongs.info
any websites no bearshare or limewire, bearshare i drag the song to itunes and its says itunes cant convert protected wva so…
get lime wire and i tunes and firstly get the song in lime wire and click save as on your music file then go to i tunes and click on file and click on add file to Libary then it will appear on your Libary and just drag the song on your ipod
ive tried kazza…..didnt understand it….and i tried to get started with limewire…..after putting in my name and email..it wanted to know the method of PAYMENT i was going to use. ?????what should i do?
Be sure you downloaded the basic and not premium edition of Limewire. Also, if it asks you that, just ignore it and download whatever you are looking for from somewhere else. I don’t use kazaa or limewire due to the spam, and spyware. I would just watch out for that as well, you need major firewalls and protection on your computer before you try to download any of it.
