I cannot afford to buy a lot of music from i-tunes so is it worth getting a i-pod still?

Question

Other that limeware what are some llegal ways to get free music? Or is it simple to share music with people. I want a nano but can i sharre music with an older i-pod?

Answer 1

Sharing music with other people is a violation of copyright law, just like downloading music using music sharing networks is also a violation of copyright law.

If you can afford a CD a month, you can afford subscription music services for players. In fact, at as little as $10 a month, it costs less to rent music than it does to buy it. Way less.

For that $10 a month, you can fill a music player with all the music that will fit, and more. I have over 1300 songs on my player and only pay $10 a month. Now, if you can't afford the monthly payment, it's like a phone or cable tv, no payment, no service. The music licenses will expire.

Unfortunately, Apple won't let you rent subscription music so iPod owners are out of luck.

So, if you want a lot of music on a player, a PlaysForSure subscription compatible music player such as the Creative Zen V, Creative Zen Micro or Microphoto, or a Creative Zen Vision M and a subscription music service such as Yahoo Music Unlimited To Go, Rhapsody To Go, or Napster To Go is THE BEST way to go.

Answer 2

you can steal music but some of it wont work on your iPod. dont buy an iPod, just do your research first at least. compare the iPod you want with this. http://www.creative.com/products/mp3/zen...
it is so much better then an iPod, for starters it plays WMAs as well as MP3, the iPod only plays very specific MP3, since WMAs are half the size of MP3, that means the zen will hold twice as many songs. on top of that the creative comes with more memory for less money.

iPod - $300 - 20GB - 10,000 MP3s

Vision M - $300 - 30GB - 15,000MP3s, or 30,000 WMAs

also creative doesn't force you to use itunes, you can use the softare supplied by creative and you can also use the "my computer" window. also the creative zen actually comes with a wall charger, so you dont have to have a compatible computer to charge the thing on vacation. the zen's battery life is longer, and also the zen wont become a vegetable after a year like iPods do. the zen has an FM tuner, the iPod doesn't. the zen has much better picture quality then the iPod, not that you will ever see videos on your iPod without buying $100 worht of software. the iPod is a product that isn't designed to work right out of the box. all the features are disabled, you can't use it without putting much work towards it, this is because the iPods are more of a fashion accessory, they are a trend not a music player. if you want a player that will work right out of the box, a player in which all of the features function perfectly immediately. get the creative zen vision M

trust me, i know what im talking about. i have owned both of these products. i bought an iPod video at first, then returned it for the creative zen, best move i ever made.

Answer 3

Of coarse its worht getting an iPod, the iPod is for playing music, it doesnt mean you have to download it form iTunes. Just get on the clients that allows peer-2-peer download and start downloading! Yes, you can share a playlist with an older iPod it'll work fine, no worries!

DC

Answer 4

If you are really into customizing your own playlist then you can put your favorite songs from CDs on there. I don't buy much from I-Tunes but every now and then you just gotta hear a tune and it is so handy to just buy it and play it ASAP.

Answer 5

Just nitpicking on guy_from_britain's answer...

WMA is NOT half the size of MP3. It CAN be, but so can M4A or Ogg Vorbis. Or even MP3 (but it won't sound good). It's all a question of bitrate.

Answer 6

specific hut you need to acquire a application. in simple terms pass to google and seek "DVD to iPod". this methodology will replace te format of the DVD movies to make it well matched with thr iPod touch and iTunes. in case you Wang to acquire. movies in simple terms get an antivirus and use limewire or acquire from YouTube with "YouTube downloaded".

Answer 7

I dont buy music from itunes, i just put my own cd's and cds from friends on it. So for me its all worth it.

Answer 8

Use bearshare and steal music like the rest of us.

Answer 9

You can borrow your friend's CDs to copy onto your Ipod (although very technically it's illegal, but who's to know?).

Answer 10

I would say yes