Downloading music from the internet...

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naughtoj

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Can SOMEONE PLEASE tell me how I can do this legally??

I know they banned "sharing" music on the internet recently. Before then I loved going to Limewire and dowloading and listening to songs. I don't want to break the law, but I am having a hard time finding information on how to do it legally. I am looking for something where I can pay a monthly fee to download songs. I just got an MP3 player and I would LOVE to use it.


Can someone who knows something about all this please enlighten me. For a while, we were thinking that Limewire must still be legal because there are no warnings on its site about legality and there is nothing that lets you pay for the services. I would love to keep Limewire since I can navigate on it well. I am not very computer savvy, so the simpler the better. And I want old songs, not necessarily the popular stuff.

If anyone can enlighten me, that would be great!!

Trying so hard to be legal,

Janice
 
Hi Janice, did you try Napster.com? They do charge and I am pretty sure it is legal because they did shut down a while back because of legal issue but are back up running but with a price.
 
Hi Janice. I got a Dell MP3 player for Christmas. I have been downloading songs for .99 cents each or around 9.99 for albums. It came with the software for my player. I think you can go to www.dell.com and sign up there. It allows me to download songs and to create cd's. So far it has been great.
Diane Sue
 
I just wanted to add that you can go to walmart.com and go to movies and music. They have a place there where you can go to download music and pay a fee.
Diane Sue
 
Just be careful that you subscribe to a service that lets you copy to your particular MP3 player. I have an older Intel model, and I use MusicMatch to play music, and you can also download songs for 99 cents each. HOWEVER, you can't copy it to my MP3 player. I think I'm going to update to the Dell, since I believe that MusicMatch IS compatible with that, and as Diane Sue says, there is Dell's own music site.

If you have an IPod, then there is ITunes, which is only compatible with your IPod (either Mac or Windows).

It's a wonderful world out there... plus you can always copy your own CD's to your computer then transfer the music to the player (did you already say that?) and that is perfectly legal. I have copied most of my 200 or so CD's to my computer, and run my speakers through there, so I now play all my music through my computer with great sound, and no CD's! My CD player is now obsolete! (I use MusicMatch to manage the files). Hope I didn't just confuse you more!

Janice (another one!:D )
 
I use iTunes (even though I'm a Windows user.) It's about 99c a song. I can burn them onto disc, but if I want to put them on my son's MP3 player*, I have to burn them back from the disc onto MusicMatch, since iTunes won't send directly to the MP3 player. I like the choices and I think Apple is reputable. I would never use Napster.

I think there's something called eMusic, which was one of the first legal music downloading services.

(* I don't let him swap with friends and he changes his playlist every week or so, so the only place the songs stay permanently is on my computer.)
 
And just an FYI about Napster. It's totally legal now. It recently had its re-launch and has gotten a lot of media.
 
and....what about music videos?
I am with Janice-I love listening to the old stuff, more than the new, and especially really old obscure things...but I want to do it legally. I REALLY enjoy music videos and would love to download them somewhere that is legal for me to have them.. does anyone else like to download videos? I love watching them on my treadmill while I am exercising, it is very fun!

Also, I am confused on if downloading music videos is illegal in the first place. The whole downloading thing is so sticky and confusing!!!

I am glad you brought this up, because just today, I was looking for a legal service to find to download (mainly) music videos

OH one more thing on this subject-I see that Kazaa has a "kazaa-lite" program that says "100% legal" and they are charging a fee..does this make it legal? I think it is so confusing right now, as to what is legal and not :(
Thanks! :) Jaime
 
Everyone has pretty much summed it up: If you don't pay a fee for the music, it's illegal and you'll go to hell, or jail, or be fined thousands of dollars. Not worth the risk anymore. Alexis
 
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