Music Downloads

[sailorm72003]

Use caution on any of the p2p sharing networks, kazaa, bearshare, et al.

The files you download must be scanned using current anti-virus software religiously, and of course you take the already mentioned risks of adware, spyware, and other bits of garbage, and although the software itself is legal, sharing copyrighted materials is not.

My own favorite for fully legal use, is realrhapsody. You can listen to music in a live stream, as much as you'd like. They have a pretty good selection of music, for my tastes as well as the two teenage boys in the house.

The price for burning a track is similar to others, .99 (US) per song.

Sailor

 

[amicus]

I have used napster, winmix and Kazaa...usually for big band music from the 40's and Jazz in the 50's and 60's and I have a little different take on p2p file sharing.

While I certainly respect copywrite laws as a means of protecting intellectual property in all forms of art, I am uneasy that many accept the right of music producers to take those who download music to court.

I have often given or loaned books and records and cd's to friends and acquaintances with out considering it to be a copyright violation.

Even recorded music off the air, broadcast by a radio station and shared those tapes.

The computer and file sharing is really just a personal extension of the ability to share music.

Unless there is a commercial venture involved, where money changes hands, I am not certain that file sharing should be viewed as a copyright infringement.

I do not want the internet policed, managed or regulated by government at any level nor do I wish to be told what I can share with whom by anyone.

Should I be sued for downloading music, I would walk it all the way to the Supreme Court based on that argument.

amicus...

 

[Liar]

Unless there is a commercial venture involved, where money changes hands, I am not certain that file sharing should be viewed as a copyright infringement.

My opinion on the subject too. Unfortunately, the law says otherwise.




Does anyone remember a sevice called Audiogalaxy? It was calncelled and put out of existance by RIAA lawyers a a year or three ago. But it was by far the best music sharing network I've ever seen. It had a feature called Clubs where users with similar tastes in music got together and sent music to eachother. It was absolutely brilliant. All those networks and services presuppose that I know the name of the artist or the song I'm looking for. In Audiogalaxy's Clubs, I got hundreds of songs sent to me (about 50 new ones daily) by artists I hadn't ever heard of. The other members just pushed their favourite tunes and artists out to the other members, and now and then I dod too, when I found something I thought they'd like.

This resulted in me buying CD's like never before. The record industry earned thousands of dollars (this was when I had a job and was reasonably wealthy) on that I was involved in file sharing.

Does anyone know of a similar service that is active today?

#L

 

[Guest]

My opinion on the subject too. Unfortunately, the law says otherwise.




Does anyone remember a sevice called Audiogalaxy? It was calncelled and put out of existance by RIAA lawyers a a year or three ago. But it was by far the best music sharing network I've ever seen. It had a feature called Clubs where users with similar tastes in music got together and sent music to eachother. It was absolutely brilliant. All those networks and services presuppose that I know the name of the artist or the song I'm looking for. In Audiogalaxy's Clubs, I got hundreds of songs sent to me (about 50 new ones daily) by artists I hadn't ever heard of. The other members just pushed their favourite tunes and artists out to the other members, and now and then I dod too, when I found something I thought they'd like.

This resulted in me buying CD's like never before. The record industry earned thousands of dollars (this was when I had a job and was reasonably wealthy) on that I was involved in file sharing.

Does anyone know of a similar service that is active today?

#L

i, too remember audiogalaxy...
dont know of much out there that i trust too well. but i do love itunes and i feel safe using it.
i do havesomething called safe-share you pay $14 a year for it but so far, its not been worth the money.. some of the audio is pretty bad.

i have to agree. i have bought more cd's since the advent of sharing music online. greedy bastards, cant they see what profit there is to be had in this?
ah well...

 

[amicus]

Thanks for the comments...I do not know of a service like you mentioned...

I also read in several places that file sharing actually increased the sales as more exposure happened and those who downloaded often wanted better quality music.

thanks again...

amicus