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matt.c - 29/6/11 at 06:36 PM

Im new to mp3 players, Is there any websites i can download music from for free?

Im not too bothered about the music being new releases.


If anyone can do it, its the locosters

[Edited on 29/6/11 by matt.c]

flibble - 29/6/11 at 06:45 PM

Vuze is good for such things, have to warn you that it's hard to find uncopyrighted music on there though, have to trawl through lots of good quality but illegal copies of just about everything, I dare say some naughty beggars download it though :

richmars - 29/6/11 at 06:45 PM

You mean free, as in stealing?

matt.c - 29/6/11 at 06:53 PM

quote:
Originally posted by richmars
You mean free, as in stealing?




Ummmm, just borrowing

balidey - 29/6/11 at 07:11 PM

quote:
Originally posted by richmars
You mean free, as in stealing?

The musicians that make the music are not in it for the money, they do it for the love of making music. So they are not bothered about royalties. Most musicians hate the big corporations too, so they will be happy that we are downloading for free and not giving profit to The Man.
Well thats how I see it.

Also, lets say I download an album (I don't, but hear me out). And the reason I download it is that its not one I would have bought from a shop. So if I wasn't going to buy it anyway, then no one would have got my money from it. So by downloading it there has still been the same amount of money received from sales, but the artist have gained another fan.

Argue with that logic*



*actually don't.


And don't get me started on 2nd hand CD's...... one person buys it, listens to it, all legally. The artist gets royalties. Then that person sells on the CD, they GET SOME MONEY BACK but the artist hasn't returned the money to the person. And then the 2nd person has legally bought a CD but none of that sale money has gone to the artist.
So we need to crack down on this market on 2nd hand CD's

[Edited on 29/6/11 by balidey]

UncleFista - 29/6/11 at 07:45 PM

If you have an android phone, try "mp3 music download" app.
I have no idea how it works, you just search for a title or artist and it downloads it.
Magic.

richmars - 29/6/11 at 08:24 PM

quote:

Argue with that logic*

Justify it how you like. It's still stealing.

Mr G - 29/6/11 at 09:09 PM

Download as much Jessie J as you want, apparently for her its not about the money money money.

JoelP - 29/6/11 at 09:22 PM

i was going to be all high horse and say id never steal an album from an artist i respect, but then i remembered a few Malmsteen albms i downloaded. But, ive paid him for about 5, so pinching a few more isnt so bad.

But in general, id never do it.

Edited to add a lol to mr g

[Edited on 29/6/11 by JoelP]

balidey - 29/6/11 at 09:35 PM

who else remembers being 12 with a tape recorded listening to the charts on a Sunday night trying to 'pause' at just the right places to cut out the DJ? Now that is no different to modern downloading is it?

Generally I don't download songs, I prefer CD's. Well actually I still prefer minidiscs, but thats because I like to have the actual media. Same as I like books, not downloaded PDF's. I sometimes download films and if I like the film I then buy the DVD. This drives my wife nuts.
I did once download a 'charity' album. I only did it as it was an Australian release and I couldn't get hold of a copy here in UK at the time. But I have since bought a copy, so my conscience is now clear(er)

RK - 29/6/11 at 11:41 PM

The record companies are scum, and all too ready to throw the artists into a pile of drug addicted poo anytime they think sales are dropping, so don't tell us how they are "after their investment". Soulseek is a good file sharing site. Remember, it isn't always easy to FIND certain artists when you search online, so this is a viable way to hear them. If I am not making money on music myself, I am not stealing. At least this is what used to be the case, until the record companies got it all wrong and lost out when the internet came out. Now the toothpaste won't go back in. Boo hoo.

A LEGAL way is to listen on demand, with things like Grooveshark. Beautiful that one is.

balidey - 30/6/11 at 07:06 AM

I tend to listen on demand using Spotify. It 'was' free but now they have changed their terms to the free service that you can only listen to free songs 5 times.