Is there a reliable source online where I can download free music for my iPod nano?

Question

I've used programs like Napster and Limewire before, but Limewire crashed my computer and I had to start from scratch. I'm hesitant to use similar programs because I don't want to inadvertantly download another virus. Is there a "safe," free way to download music? Can I download a music file from a program like Limewire and scan it first with virus detection software before it runs on my computer? Thanks for all the help!

Answer 1

Always scan EVERYTHING before you open it, Ive been using limewire a long time and never had a problem. You can also download music from myspace. Search for the band and most will have "download" lit up so u can download the song, the only thing with that is ur limited to what you can find.

Hope this helps...

Answer 2

I've been using Limewire for a very long time. I have never had any problems with any viruses or spyware. I could of been that u downloaded the wrong type of file. Make sure that u are downloading MP3's which cannot hold spyware, not a WMA file which is able to do so.

I reccomend downloading Limewire again, just be careful of what u download, look for files with a high number of sources and quality.

Answer 3

If you are in the United States, there are no legal ways to do what you are talking about. Almost all music is copyrighted and the artists (and unfortunately, their labels) deserve compensation for their efforts.

With all file-sharing programs you run the risk of inadvertently downloading a virus instead of the intended file. The only way to keep your computer from being infected is to run the file-sharing program from a virtual machine this way only the VM will become corrupted if you download a virus.

Answer 4

There are quiet a few ways to get music off the Internet. I won't go into the legalities of all of them. Obviously, if you are getting someones copyrighted material without paying, then that's probably not legal.

There are services that you can use to get music that WILL pay the artists who created the songs. The most popular are probably...

Apple iTunes -> http://www.itunes.com
Napster -> http://www.napster.com
and even WalMart -> http://www.walmart.com/swap/SwapEntry.do?dslURL=/swap/LoadMain.do%3FmainCategoryId%3D2500

All of these services will sell you songs between .85 and $1.00 per song or so.

There are quite a few services advertised on Clickbank that make the promise that for a one time membership fee, you can download an unlimited number of songs. Here are those services. I cannot attest to how well they work, so research them by visiting them...

Unlimited Download Center -> http://watersaffl.udc01.hop.clickbank.net?tid=YAHOOANS
Movie Downloads.com -> http://watersaffl.movies01.hop.clickbank.net?tid=YAHOOANS
Unlimited MP3 Music -> http://watersaffl.gamecity.hop.clickbank.net?tid=YAHOOANS
Hot MP3 Downloads -> http://watersaffl.mp3hot.hop.clickbank.net?tid=YAHOOANS

I have had good luck finding music on BitTorrent sites. BitTorrent is an Internet protocol for moving very large files. It's not the same as P2P (limewire and such), but it relies on other users in the BitTorrent community leaving their music files available. I have often been frustrated by downloading a song or album only to find that after it downloads 95%, it stops because not enough BitTorrent seeders have kept the files available. The upside to BitTorrents are that they download extremely fast!

You'll need a BitTorrent client to download torrents. I use Azureus. It's a free and very nice client application that you can get here...
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/


You'll also need a few BitTorrent tracker sites. Here are a few to get you started...
TorrentSpy -> http://www.torrentspy.com/
The Pirates Bay -> http://thepiratebay.org/
ISO Hunt -> http://isohunt.com/
MiniNova -> http://www.mininova.org

Finally, I have had great luck finding unknown artists by using an NNTP News Server. NNTP is an old Bulletin Board type of protocol. NNTP means Network News Transport Protocol. But the NNTP community has evolved into about 50,000 different 'channels' that cover every imaginable subject and there is a way to 'encode' binary files to place them on these NNTP groups. For music, music is grouped into different 'genres'. For example, I download Jazz and Reggae from two different channels. It is not easy to find any particular song or artist, so I just download everything in a group and often find songs and artists that I've never heard of before.

To download music from NNTP groups, you'll need a News Reader. There are some free ones out there. I use this one...
http://www.newsbinpro.com/

Well, that ought to keep you busy for a while! Good luck!

Answer 5

Limewire is probably the best.You cant scan them just make sure its a music file that your downloading.You can see what kind of file it is by looking under the question mark on top of the program.otherwise you will just have to buy your music
By the way make sure you have a always on antivirus..

Answer 6

This one somewhat relies upon on some components. First, this is important to understand the place you reside. diverse areas have diverse piracy and copyright rules. interior the U. S., not determining to purchase music is against the regulation. In Canada, they view it as sharing music so this is alright to get unfastened music. interior the U. S., that's the place you possibly are, using amenities like Limewire (suggested above), Bittorrent and the different torrenting service, and Morpheus is against the regulation. A criminal determination it somewhat is larger than ninety 9 cent a music iTunes is Yahoo! music limitless. There you will pay a month-to-month value of something trivial ($10-15) and have get entry to to limitless songs.

Answer 7

limewire is good if you get some REALLY good firewalls and virus scanners then yuo should be all set