I am using HMV digital currently, but it often doesn't work or have all the tracks I want to buy (including very popular songs like terra firma, balloons and that's not my name), so I'm considering switching. Any suggestions?
Don't reccomend itunes. I've tried it, I hate it. I'm never using itunes.
2007-12-15 07:42:57 · 7 answers · asked by origamistar 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Other - Music
I live in the UK and perfectly happy to pay for music. I don't want to do it illegally.
2007-12-15 08:01:38 · update #1
Well....I do not know much about the digital stores that you pay for.... My girlfriend uses Rhapsody, but she complains fairly often about some of the issues between getting her songs onto her mp3 player and then playing them...
I use Ruckus....it's free (and 100% legal!) for college students (so..if you're not..sorry), and it has a TON of rare and hard to find material. There are some artists that have somehow been left out of the loop ("Look What I Did" and "Murder by Death" being the most aggravating in their absence to me personally), but for the most part you can get your hands on some good stuff.
Two HUGE issues though:
A) It is in .WMA format, and requires the Ruckus Player to listen to the tracks....in order to burn them and such you must....
B) Pay for the service to be able to burn the tracks.
So if you don't mind being unable to play the tracks in your favorite player, and don't mind being unable to burn/import the tracks, then I HIGHLY suggest it.
One other suggestion (though I haven't tried it myself) is to visit the band's MySpace page (If they have one) and see if they have a SnoCap store account on there. This allows even the most underground, unheard of bands to still be able to sell and distribute their music. I see more and more bands using it as a means of getting their music out to people even while still in the band's infancy, and touring their cradle grounds.
Hope this helps :)
2007-12-15 07:59:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unlike one poster suggest, downloading copyright music is Illegal..
Better read this recent court ruling before downloading copyright music
NPR.org, October 5, 2007 · A federal judge ordered a Minnesota woman to pay $222,000.000 thousand dollars for violating copyright laws by sharing music illegally downloaded. Ms. Thomas, was ordered to pay six record companies that sued her $9,250 for each of 24 songs. They had alleged she also shared 1,702 songs in all. Copyright law sets a damage range of $750 to $30,000 per infringement. Since 2003, record companies have filed some 26,000 lawsuits over file-sharing. More lawsuits are planed to be files soon.
2007-12-15 07:54:12 · answer #2 · answered by Jan Luv 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what kind of music you want to download but you can check out the services from emusic, napster, virgin and even amazon.
2007-12-15 07:53:33 · answer #3 · answered by pikapikapokapoka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can buy downloads from Wal-Mart and Amazon. I don't know if they offer what you're trying to find, but you could take a look.
http://downloads.walmart.com/swap/
http://www.amazon.com/MP3-Music-Download/b?ie=UTF8&node=163856011
2007-12-15 07:59:13 · answer #4 · answered by smm1974 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't think of any free and legal download sites. Check out iTunes. Songs on there are $0.99 each.
2007-12-15 07:52:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Do you want a free or paying.. Either way I would choose limewire, Its fast easy to use, and legal, you can download eny song,,,, www.limewire.com
2007-12-15 07:48:12 · answer #6 · answered by nathan o 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
softpedia is legit and safe i use it myself and had no problems with it hope this helps
2016-05-24 02:34:47 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋