Free Music Download Sites

[celtchicky]

hi there. could anyone give me advice on wot sites to use for downloading music? i only use it for making cd's for e car and jus wondered wot anyone else uses. theres Limewire and Winmx but they have a charge now
thanks

[teenybash]

Try Youtube

[gaby2003]

teenybash u shouldnt hav til pay for limewire ive still got it and im not paying for it.
theres also shareaza its quite good for downloading music

[frank ward]

Limewire is still free [as of 20 minutes ago!] and works great for me, although you can upgrade for a fee.

[celtchicky]

yeh but i dina want to get in any trouble wi it bein illegal and at

[DarkAngel]

I use limewire and its free, U only have to pay for an Upgrade if you want it! Also Soulseek is another good one aswell!!

[saxovtr]

iv got limewire pro but im not paying for it lol

[paris]

We use bearshare, its ok but im not up to date with all these sites so get in a bit of a muddle with them . jan x

[willowbankbear]

Limewire is free, if it wasnt I wouldnt be using it. I m sure we`d hear of others soon enough

[zappster]

yep I use Limewire as well & Had no bother with it

[angela5]

If your downloading albums use bittorrent or bitcomet.

[pultneytooner]

hi there. could anyone give me advice on wot sites to use for downloading music? i only use it for making cd's for e car and jus wondered wot anyone else uses. theres Limewire and Winmx but they have a charge now
thanks


teenybash u shouldnt hav til pay for limewire ive still got it and im not paying for it.
theres also shareaza its quite good for downloading music


Limewire is still free [as of 20 minutes ago!] and works great for me, although you can upgrade for a fee.
Downloading music from limewire or any other peer to peer is illegal, if you all get caught expect a heavy fine or at the worst a prison sentence.
As for mr ward, you should know better, I am sure you wouldn't want your budding political career ruined?

[JamesMcVean]

Hello there

There is supposed to be a new site coming soon from Universal music - free, paid for by sponsors and adverts

SpiralFrog.com

I think that is it and it IS LEGAL!

Cheers

James

[pultneytooner]

There's no escape guys, they have your I.P numbers and it's only a matter of time before you get prosecuted.;)

[willowbankbear]

There's no escape guys, they have your I.P numbers and it's only a matter of time before you get prosecuted.;)

Oh Ill never sleep tonight with the stress & worry Rotflmfao. Ill have to flog my pc.....NOT[lol]

[Stewart]

There's no escape guys, they have your I.P numbers and it's only a matter of time before you get prosecuted.;)

The RIAA and MPAA, ect. have no need to go after people who download small amounts of music. For one, they get one hell of a lot of bad PR, and two it's like cutting nails. They come back. By taking out the sites that distribute, and the people that upload illegal content, they strike a bigger blow.

[celtchicky]

usually download fae limewire but ma fiather wiz abit worried bout it. a only make up a cd every now and agai, wen theres enuf good tunes on the go. so how did u upgrade to pro for free!!! interesting :confused

[Metalattakk]

LOL! Use Limewire to search for Limewire Pro.

BUT...always check it for viruses before you open and install it!

A bit of info about Spiralfrog, as posted by Jamesy-boy a few posts up can be found here: http://www.spiralfrog.com/about.aspx

[pultneytooner]

The RIAA and MPAA, ect. have no need to go after people who download small amounts of music. For one, they get one hell of a lot of bad PR, and two it's like cutting nails. They come back. By taking out the sites that distribute, and the people that upload illegal content, they strike a bigger blow.
Unfortunately you are mega wrong, they are going after the websites and the small downloader and they don't give a stuff about bad pr as they deem themselves to be on the right side of the law.

[Metalattakk]

Where do you get your information from, pultneytooner? What's your source?

Or are you just merely scaremongering for the sake of it?

[pultneytooner]

Where do you get your information from, pultneytooner? What's your source?

Or are you just merely scaremongering for the sake of it?
Scaremongering, if only. Most info about what is happening in p2p is carried here including all court cases, all I am saying is be careful.
People shouldn't even be advertising the fact they are using p2p on here.


http://www.slyck.com/forums/index.php (http://www.slyck.com/forums/index.php)

[Gogglebox]

Limewire is still free [as of 20 minutes ago!] and works great for me, although you can upgrade for a fee.

Im in shock Frank - -isnt illegal downloading compromising your socialist ethics

Your doing folk out of work.
Your stealing.
An artist has put his skill, integrity and endeavours into producing something like music or a film and you are just nicking it

If it was my job to make cars and you took one for nothing you would go to jail!!!tut tut!

The Sheridan politburo will smack your legs

[Gogglebox]

Anybody got any suggestions as to what our prospective socialist Solidarity candidate might be downloading

Anything by Simply Red or UB40

Its my party and i'll cry if i want to!

Shady in Red??

or for the leader Tommy
- Jailhouse Rock!! by Elvis or Little Lies by Fleetwood Mac - - -or anything that involves Swinging!!

Anyone better ideas

[Antediluvian]

Pultneytooner isn't necessarily scaremongering

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4720351.stm

This is a very extensive and complicated minefield regarding the legality of IP, although it may seem clear cut, the riaa is struggling. Even though the riaa was targetting users it wasn't necessarily scaring the general sharing community, so they turned on the networks, shutting down both WinMX and Grokster, these were targetted first because they were anonymous p2p programs - Interestingly winmx is back up and running, however a recent BBC poll showed that a search on winmx in google brought results more densly packed with malware than any other search term..

The riaa isn't that concerned with bad press, suing a 10 year old girl or something and pushing for damages for example.

Although the riaa may be on the "right" side of the law, the riaa has lost some big cases recently, so the future for illegal filesharing is far from over.

Also the bpi tried to go after some file sharers but the isps refused to release the details of the IP addresses.

I believe that p2p is very important for legitimate reasons for the evolution of the internet, however mp3s aside, p2p programs are being used for distribution of considerably more illegal material which, depending on the program, means that some p2p users are helping to unknowingly distribute illegal material without doing anything wrong.

Limewire has much darker demons that some mp3s

[Metalattakk]

Very true.

But the basic fact is that someone would have to be very unlucky/stupid/naive to find themselves prosecuted in Caithness for downloading a few mp3s.

As the BBC web page you linked says:

I have downloaded music over the internet. Can I be sued?

Not if you have downloaded songs that have been put online with the approval of record labels and artists - which usually involves paying for royalties. Sanctioned services include Apple's iTunes and Napster as well as MyCokeMusic, Wippit HMV and Virgin.

The industry is targeting uploaders - those who make tracks in their collection available for other people to download - whether it is one song or a million. If you are an uploader, you are infringing copyright and run the risk of being sued.

It's the uploaders they're after, in the main.

[Stewart]

Unfortunately you are mega wrong, they are going after the websites and the small downloader and they don't give a stuff about bad pr as they deem themselves to be on the right side of the law.

What's the point of taking legal action against people who download a small amount, when you could put your considerable resources against site that link to or supply massive amounts of illegal material?

I'm not condoning file sharing, as I don't do it myself, but I don't see the point in the people in charge of the files going for the 'small fries.'

[Antediluvian]

Yip, thats why I chose that article, there are legitimite download services, there are even services which are completely free, for instance trawl myspace for up and coming bands. The odds of someone in caithness being prosecuted, slim, if your a major sharer in caithness, probably a little more than slim, but wierder things have happened.

But then if you're somebody who likes to download lots of files without uploading, your a leecher, and it goes against the spirt of p2p. Some users may not even fully appreciate the set-up of p2p and could be sharing without knowing. nobody linked to file sharing will be whiter than white regardless of which side you are on (in terms of music). Its just important than any user appreciates the risks no matter how remote. :)


Very true.

But the basic fact is that someone would have to be very unlucky/stupid/naive to find themselves prosecuted in Caithness for downloading a few mp3s.

As the BBC web page you linked says:

I have downloaded music over the internet. Can I be sued?

Not if you have downloaded songs that have been put online with the approval of record labels and artists - which usually involves paying for royalties. Sanctioned services include Apple's iTunes and Napster as well as MyCokeMusic, Wippit HMV and Virgin.

The industry is targeting uploaders - those who make tracks in their collection available for other people to download - whether it is one song or a million. If you are an uploader, you are infringing copyright and run the risk of being sued.

It's the uploaders they're after, in the main.

[Metalattakk]

But then if you're somebody who likes to download lots of files without uploading, your a leecher, and it goes against the spirt of p2p.

Aye, that's the bit that gets me.

The main spirit of P2P is one of music thievery, but the lack of height of the moral horse doesn't stop people looking down on others. :D

I find it all rather humorous!