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Legally downloading songs

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
edited January 2023 in General Chat
Wheres the cheapest place?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I use www.beatport.com - that might be the sort of thing you want though.

    Have a hunt through the below:

    http://www.pro-music.org/musiconline/tracker-region-europe.htm

    UK part is right near the bottom.
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    Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    If you look for some Russian Sites, they are cheapest, 'cos of the Laws over there. Few pence a song, I think.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Teh_Gerbil wrote:
    If you look for some Russian Sites, they are cheapest, 'cos of the Laws over there. Few pence a song, I think.

    I don't fancy giving my DD card detials to a dodgy russian site.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Why bother with legality ?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Iknowyourmum wrote:
    Why bother with legality ?

    because it's legal and it's moral.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Iknowyourmum wrote:
    Why bother with legality ?

    I was waiting for someone to ask this, answer, i am fed up of wondering if i am gonna get a knock on the door from the police.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    quarfly wrote:
    because it's legal and it's moral.

    Ah yes thats right,, I was forgetting that there for a moment




    Tweety wrote:
    I was waiting for someone to ask this, answer, i am fed up of wondering if i am gonna get a knock on the door from the police.

    Realy its getting sued that would happen not the police and they only go after those users with lots of songs avaliable for downloading
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Here's a few to get you started:

    ID&T - http://www.dance-tunes.com
    TidyDigital - http://www.tidydigital.com
    Trackitdown - http://www.trackitdown.net
    Trax2burn - http://www.trax2burn.com
    Audiojelly - http://www.audiojelly.com
    DJ Downloads - http://www.djdownload.com/
    IMO Downloads - http://www.imodownload.com
    Above The Sky - http://www.atsdigital.com
    Bleep - http://www.warprecords.com/bleep/
    3 Beat Records - http://www.3beatrecords.co.uk/digital/
    Tmet Recordings NZ - http://www.tmet.co.nz
    Apple I-Tunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/

    And why buy legal downloads? Because you want to support the artists who make the music - its there livelyhood and they need an income to survive and continue making the music you love. What would you say if people expected you to work for free? You wouldn't be happy would you? Same principle... support the artists and the music will continue - don't and you contribute towards loosing it.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Tweety wrote:
    i am gonna get a knock on the door from the police.

    Hasn't he got his own key then? ;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Places like HMV & Virgin are doing this now, aren't they? And aren't there some artists who have put songs on their websites for people to download?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Man Of Kent wrote:
    Hasn't he got his own key then? ;)


    :lol:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Justin Sane wrote:
    Here's a few to get you started...


    Its Justin :D How you doing? Hope its all still going amazingly for you.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Thanks everyone i actually got it off gwr website in the end.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Apparently if you signed up for your internet provider before september 2004 its illeagle for you to be sued, because its not written into the contact you agree before signing up that they can moniter your downloads, so techniqually, the company who see you are downloading musichave gained access to your ip details from your internet provider because they susspect downloading, and thus the provider are in breach of contract and everything is "irridmissable" in court (if that word is correct) and also can be counter sued for giving out your PERSONAL details to a 3rd company. which they say they WONT do in the contract that you 1st agree to when siging up for the internet, proven case, happened in germany i beleive and people have been trying to spread the word for like 5 months now.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    We only signed up this month.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ahhh problem there then.... sorry, thought that mighta helped ya
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    BeastieMBK wrote:
    ahhh problem there then.... sorry, thought that mighta helped ya


    Its ok its sorted now anyway, ta anyway. :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    some russian sites are good like 10p a song as russia has no proper copyrght laws
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ares

    errr eurr, can anyone tell me where i can download a vast array for free, my ares is playin up and my financial status is pooooor
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I wasn't aware that anyone had ever had any legal action taken against them for downloading so far - everything I've seen has always been for seeding and distribution. You got a register link or something for that case in Germany?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Cant remember where i saw it, tis a annoying coz i wanted to print it out and had out flyers for it at camden, but quite a few palces seed while downloading now, so even if your downloading the file if u have half of it it starts seeding from you to new people starting to download, from what u have, so everybody gets faster downloads and stuff. but yeah, the law is downloaders dont get prosocuted, only uploaders seeders etc
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Jim V wrote:
    I wasn't aware that anyone had ever had any legal action taken against them for downloading so far - everything I've seen has always been for seeding and distribution. You got a register link or something for that case in Germany?
    Downloading is entirely legal. You are allowed to download copyrighted content for preview purposes etc so long as you delete it off your computer after 24 hours, so they can't technically sue you for 'Downloading' music. However, sharing copyrighted content is highly illegal - and inavoidable with protocols such as BitTorrent.

    Or so i was led to believe :p
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