Mile High Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 I put a question on the consumer digest board about downloading music over the internet. No one obviously goes there and that was like 3 days ago. (thanks Fezmid) Anyway what site do you guys use that is safe and fairly cheap? I just got an Ipod for Christmas and want to put some music on it. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcrusho Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 http://www.apple.com/itunes/ ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mile High Posted January 5, 2005 Author Share Posted January 5, 2005 Yeah I know about this site but is there a monthly fee one that anyone else is a member of? I'll end up spending thousands of dollars on music with the $.99 a song charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestojan Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 My sisters use the one by Real PLayer i think... Its called Rhapsody.. gives you instant (seriously, i dont know how it works) listen to the whole song. It obviously streams, but it starts as SOON as you click. Anyway, its $9 a month plus $.89 a DL? Its just good because if you have your computer hooked to a surround sound, you can just listen to all the songs. You can only burn or DL if you pay. iTunes is good too. $1 a song is alot, but its better than $12 for a CD that you like 2 songs off of. Then again, not buying CDs means you wont hear any music from artists except for the ones on the radio . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheRocks Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 $1 a song is alot, but its better than $12 for a CD that you like 2 songs off of. Then again, not buying CDs means you wont hear any music from artists except for the ones on the radio . . 194475[/snapback] this is exactly why it is worth .99 per song. and i don't know where you are buying $12. CD's but most new releases are $15+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CajunBillsBacker Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 http://www.winmx.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyT Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 (edited) I might be wrong, but I don't think that RealPlayer and iPods play nice together without some serious mods (if at all). I used to subscribe to emusic.com when they offered unlimited downloads. Now I think it's $9.99/mo for 40 downloads. When I subscribed it was mostly independent/small labels. Not sure if their library has expanded since. Edited January 5, 2005 by MattyT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jshockeyguy7 Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 www.bearshare.com download the free software... ive had it for over a year now.... its not very widely known and it doesnt have the virus and trojan add ons like kazaa etc.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mile High Posted January 5, 2005 Author Share Posted January 5, 2005 Are any of you familiar with any of these sites? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tux of Borg Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 They say the most secure p2p client is blubster. BTW, be ready to run your spyware removal program right after you install it. This thing is loaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestojan Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 I might be wrong, but I don't think that RealPlayer and iPods play nice together without some serious mods (if at all). Well, no matter how you DL the song, if you have it in MP3 format, you can ad it to iTunes (included with iPod) and add the song. Seriously, iTunes couldn't be any easier. Really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyT Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 (edited) Well, no matter how you DL the song, if you have it in MP3 format, you can ad it to iTunes (included with iPod) and add the song. Seriously, iTunes couldn't be any easier. Really. 194496[/snapback] That's the thing. RealPlayer (like Apple) uses a propriatary file format...not mp3. For a while Real got around Apple's protection, but I think Apple has since patched iTunes to lay the smackdown on that. Yeah. Here's the link. Slashdot Edited January 5, 2005 by MattyT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado681 Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 I like limewire That's the thing. RealPlayer (like Apple) uses a propriatary file format...not mp3. For a while Real got around Apple's protection, but I think Apple has since patched iTunes to lay the smackdown on that. Yeah. Here's the link. Slashdot 194507[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalomike Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 if you want to pay for the music and i dont know why you would really want to then go to www.allofmp3.com its a russian pay site that makes it like 2 dollars US for an entire album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestojan Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 if you want to pay for the music and i dont know why you would really want to then go to www.allofmp3.comits a russian pay site that makes it like 2 dollars US for an entire album. 194519[/snapback] and $.50 for a liter of stoli! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mile High Posted January 5, 2005 Author Share Posted January 5, 2005 Are any of you familiar with any of these sites? 194492[/snapback] anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 I put a question on the consumer digest board about downloading music over the internet. No one obviously goes there and that was like 3 days ago. (thanks Fezmid) Anyway what site do you guys use that is safe and fairly cheap? I just got an Ipod for Christmas and want to put some music on it. Thanks. 194459[/snapback] Apparently, there are sites where you don't have to pay anything. Then, you can teach your children how to do it and tell them it's not stealing if they don't get caught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestojan Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Apparently, there are sites where you don't have to pay anything. Then, you can teach your children how to do it and tell them it's not stealing if they don't get caught. 194527[/snapback] My dead horse needs some beating when you're done here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mile High Posted January 5, 2005 Author Share Posted January 5, 2005 Apparently, there are sites where you don't have to pay anything. Then, you can teach your children how to do it and tell them it's not stealing if they don't get caught. 194527[/snapback] huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 My dead horse needs some beating when you're done here. 194531[/snapback] I'm sure you beat yourself plenty and don't need (or get) any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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