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Where do you download your music from?

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S1ur · 25/05/2008 22:24

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Tortington · 25/05/2008 22:28

people who download music illegally from 'bitlord' or 'bittorrent' are morally reprehensible and starving successful musicians from the royalties they duly deserve.

i am sure others will come along with legal download options available to you.

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S1ur · 25/05/2008 22:31

Cheers Custy.

Yeah legal was what I was after actually.

Got to download a bunch in the next month so wondering whether to subscribe or pay per tune....

Someone, criminal no doubt, mentioned rapidshare but I think that was about films.

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Tortington · 25/05/2008 22:41

criminal people use sites like mininova dot org, isohunt dot com, piratebay dot org, new torrents dot net.

they are bad people who need to be executed clearly.

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elkiedee · 25/05/2008 22:53

What sort of music are you after?

I have two subscriptions to emusic, one in dp's name. It's got much more expensive since I started but I pay the old rate plus VAT, which works out at about £12 a month for 90 downloads plus about £6 a month for 40 downloads on his account. It's all indepenedent labels and sometimes I think I'll have problems finding anything but then something I want normally turns up, this time I'm waiting impatiently for 10 days to get my June downloads and get the last track on one album, plus all the other things I spotted after I'd used all mine up thi time.

Music is mp3 without restrictions on how you can use it. It's independent labels and not every indie label at that, also sometimes offerings are just for a short time, other times they remain available always. Not so good if you want latest chart hits and big name mainstream label artists though!

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Greyriverside · 25/05/2008 23:01

Yes the illegal kind of downloading is awful! It got worse recently as demonoid dot com returned

If doing it the legal way do be careful to get music that is not restricted. Otherwise when the company closes down or cancels that package your music stops playing (effectively taking it back)

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S1ur · 25/05/2008 23:37

Thank you!

I heard that napster meant you could only play music if you continued to subscribe??

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retiredgoth · 26/05/2008 00:13

Napster is a big no-no.

It requires an ongoing sub.

iTunes is fairly comprehensive. It is Digitally Rights Managed, but I have not found that this has stopped me using it in any way I wish.... (I believe you can pay slightly more to gain unlimited "burning" rights)

7Digital is also good. It maintains a library for you to download from, repeatedly if necessary. I was put off emusic, as I was asked for my credit card details, and to subscribe to a "plan" before I could even look at what was available. No thanks.

I have bought a sub plan for audiobooks from Audible.co.uk.... but unlike emusic they offered a choice!

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