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'legal' downloading
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I've been one of those people who didn't know what bittorrent was until about a month ago... in any case, I'm looking at various 'legal downloading' (for music) stops, and wondering which you all can reccomend (based on the premise that downloading illegal music isn't something I feel I want to do).
Ones I've found so far:
-Napster
-eMusic
-iTunes
-Rhapsody
-allofmp3
...I don't know anything about any of these (aside from Napster, from the newspapers a while back, and iTunes, because almost everyone seems to have an ipod nowadays)... and would appreciate some insight into their pros/cons.
Ones I've found so far:
-Napster
-eMusic
-iTunes
-Rhapsody
-allofmp3
...I don't know anything about any of these (aside from Napster, from the newspapers a while back, and iTunes, because almost everyone seems to have an ipod nowadays)... and would appreciate some insight into their pros/cons.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/30/allofmp3_illegal/
Any that are.. ah, *still* legal you can comment on?
I dont generally download off the major ones anyway as I listen to more underground music. A lot of record shops do MP3's as well as vinyl now.
Generally I like to pay for my music, its better quallity and I like to support the artists I appreciate.
If your into dance music, www.beatport.com is very good, not as cheap as some places, but you wont find alot of the stuff on there anywhere else!
Just out of interest. What type of music you like?
I like the odd band or two, like Muse & Oasis but my favourite music lies within the electronic stuff.
Yay another electronic music liking person! yay.
:thumb:
The more the merrier!
I'm mostly DnB, love it!
But i pretty much like most styles of electronic music!
There are only a few of us ...
Techno man myself. Hard Techno, none of this minimal mumbo jumbo. But like all types of electronic stuff :thumb:
Most of the big artists sign to it.
Although generally I still like to buy a few 12" here and there!
On a personal lever, I'd continue using allofmp3 until it was either shut down, or proven to be illegal under UK law. It'll be shut down long before a test case goes to a UK court, now that America is putting the heat on Russia.
Hell, I'd keep using it just to spite America. They're starting to use bullying to try and enforce the closure of the site.
Just because the music industry says something islegal or illegal, it doesn't actually mean they are correct. Just look at the Sony DRM fiasco.
allofMP3... I just don't like the idea of paying for music that the artist doesn't get a cut of. If i wanted to get music without giving the artist anything, I'd .torrent.
it's a point... but without illegal downloads I wouldn't have bought have the albums I have (or even have heard half the bands that I have), a lot of people I know are the same, so without the free downloads they mightve sold a few less albums
I agree with that...
illegal downloads can benifical to smoe artists in some ways. Especially when it works in the way you just said...
You download a couple of singles, like them... so you go buy the album!
I'm not a saint... I dont buy all my music, but I try to support the artists I appreciate as much as I can. If I download stuff its generally because I probably wouldnt have brought it anyway... if that makes sence!
You get what you pay for.