Lightning
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| posted on 8/3/05 at 10:16 PM |
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Music downloads
Which sites do you lot consider is best for music downloads..pref free?
Steve
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flak monkey
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| posted on 8/3/05 at 10:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Lightning
Which sites do you lot consider is best for music downloads..pref free?
Tut tut naughty naughty 
Napster is good apparently, and not expensive as you pay monthly i think....
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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tim windmill
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| posted on 8/3/05 at 10:22 PM |
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alright mate id deffinaltley download a product called limewire (free version) i have tried many diffrent things eg kazaa imesh winmx and limewire is
by far the best
not that im downloading free music or anything
tom:
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Lightning
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| posted on 8/3/05 at 10:27 PM |
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Corse not, perrish the thought
Steve
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flak monkey
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| posted on 8/3/05 at 10:32 PM |
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A lot (not all) of the software like Kazza etc has spyware/adware embedded in it...so be warned. Its also a sure way of getting viruses through
supposed music tracks... Make sure everything is up to date first 
I am glad to say all my mp3s are legal...all from my own cds...arent i good 
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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Avoneer
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| posted on 8/3/05 at 10:38 PM |
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Easy news - 10 dollar a month - anything and everything.
No trees were killed in the sending of this message.
However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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tom_loughlin
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| posted on 8/3/05 at 11:00 PM |
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shareaza
enough said - no spyware, free, but of course i dont endorse file sharing.
Tom
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Hellfire
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| posted on 9/3/05 at 12:44 AM |
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limewire - full of dataminers/spyware.
Most are... that's why they are free...
I'd use napster as it is now legal and not worth the risk.
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richardR1
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| posted on 9/3/05 at 12:48 AM |
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Emule
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Rob Lane
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| posted on 9/3/05 at 08:48 AM |
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If you are not after specific tracks but happy to dowload and sift through what you want. Then you can't go wrong with RipCast streaming audio
ripper. Costs a measly 12 pounds to get it. Free to try!
Then you tune in to the radio streams from Shoutcast. There are over 500 stations playing all types of music.
Ripcast will save the track complete with title in MP3 format. On broadband it can do up to 8 stations at approx. 1 track per station per 3 minutes.
That's 160 tracks an hour !!
My son tunes into a couple of US stations that play Hip Hop, RnB and he says the tracks are not available here for at least a month !
I tune into Virgin Rock and download an hour or two's worth, then sort through them.
Beware though, if you leave it on, like I did overnight, I just caught it with 2Mb left on my hard drive ! Took 5 CDs worth of tracks even after
weeding out the ones I didn't want.
Try here http://www.xoteck.com/ripcast
Try it, you won't be dissappointed. Check the lists of stations and their music content. i.e. Rock, RnB, Classic Rock, Drum n Bass, Classical
even !
Apart from RipCast software it's all FREE.
[Edited on 9/3/05 by Rob Lane]
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ChrisS
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| posted on 9/3/05 at 09:16 AM |
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Be warned, the likes of emule and almost all peer to peer filesharing programs are monitored these days, by the likes of companies like BayTSP,
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/40247.html who are basically a security company, with a lot of very clever hackers/progrmmers who have
the ability to use what is known as internet spiders to monitor what people are downloading, by ip address. It doesnt matter what the filename is even
if its been renamed, they can still see. It also has been known for them to place dummy downloads as traps. If you receive a warning from on of these
companies you could be facing $50000 fine minimum. My advice is if you want to download anything that maybe you shouldnt be, dont do it unless you
know how to prevent you IP address from being detected. Try using "The Blocklist Manager" with "Protowall" and also a well
configured firewall.
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simonH
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| posted on 9/3/05 at 09:25 AM |
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Music Downloads
i use AllofMP3.com russian site that is exploiting a loophole in rusian copyright law and legaly offering music downloads by the MB. so if you choose
high compression you get loads of tracks at very low prices. also
Flak Monkey if you have taken your MP3's from CD's they are all illegal. in the UK you are not allowed to copy any protected data (ie
music or books or magasines) even for personal use. so it has always been illegal to tape your cd fro in the car or burn your cd to mp3 or photocopy a
whole book
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 9/3/05 at 09:48 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by simonH
i use AllofMP3.com russian site that is exploiting a loophole in rusian copyright law and legaly offering music downloads by the MB. so if you choose
high compression you get loads of tracks at very low prices. also
Flak Monkey if you have taken your MP3's from CD's they are all illegal. in the UK you are not allowed to copy any protected data (ie
music or books or magasines) even for personal use. so it has always been illegal to tape your cd fro in the car or burn your cd to mp3 or photocopy a
whole book
Not strictly true, it is legal to make backups of your cd's, it is just not legal to use the backups at the same time as the original - ie you
cannot copy it and have a copy in your car.
All this is changing anyway and we will soon (already starting) be in the same situation as the US where old ladies and young children are sued
millions of dollars for downloading songs.. best advice, don't do it it's just not worth the risk.
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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Peteff
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| posted on 9/3/05 at 10:25 AM |
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If you just want background music not specific get winamp and streamripper. In the file section under streaming media the internet radio section has
hundreds of channels. I'm listening to Dragnet at the moment, nice.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Hellfire
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| posted on 9/3/05 at 11:37 AM |
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[rant] Just a small hi-jack... I have a Sony Minidisc Player in the Car and Personal Portable jobbie. All highly LEGAL and above board. A few years
ago I had a CD stack in the boot of my car... the car got stolen I lost all of my "irreplacable" CD's. I would never condone illegal
music recording BUT I will never fall into this same situation again - those CD's as it turned out are priceless and cannot be replaced. Now I
copy 2 or 3 CD's onto a Minidisc and play them wherever I want. As far as I am concerned (lawful or not), if you own the original CD/Recording
you have paid for the right to copy it for your personal use. Any more than that and you are in breach of the law.
That's my 2p anyway.... [rant over]
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flak monkey
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| posted on 9/3/05 at 11:55 AM |
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Copyright laws are confusing...
If you tape something off the tv you can watch it once...legally.
I agree with Hellfire about copying your own music. I am away at uni, and there is no way i am carting 200 odd cds with me, and risking having them
nicked (thats about £3k worth of cds!) No one else listens to them at home anyway.
I also have a portable minidisc player, which i use when i am wandering backwards and forwards to and from uni.
I dont share my music with anyone else, i only listen to it myself, so I have paid for the recording, and i will use it to make copies so i can listen
to it!
The American laws came about due to Napster and people copying DVD's (IIRC WB was the one that complained). The way i understand it (american
law being even more confusing and undefined than ours) you can copy DVD's/CD's for your own use, provided you own the original. Same as
the law is over here.... could be wrong tho!
I have never downloaded music using any of the file sharing stuff...i know a lot of people that download a lot more than music, and i dont agree with
it (all my pc software is legal). But i see nothing wrong with making copies of your own stuff (either for backup or for use).
Rant over
David
[Edited on 9/3/05 by flak monkey]
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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