downloading music

studentgirl_2 · 24 January 2009 at 5:07PM

Hi Guys hope someone can help, my 12 yr old wants to download music from the internet for his mp3. How do you do this and what sites are best to use.

Is this against the law to do??

Thanks

Sput2001 · 24 January 2009 at 5:11PM

It depends...

If you go Itunes or Amazon you can download from there perfectly legally. You'll have to pay for each track, though.

If he's talking about file-sharing sites such as Limewire then it's

a) illegal

and

b) you're risking downloading some real nasties onto your PC.

There are other sites where you can get free stuff legitimately, too. Hopefully others can supply links..

devizes18193 · 24 January 2009 at 5:22PM

if it's his pc in a room or what ever make sure you have good security software as it is easy to download nasties with illegal download sites . If its just music he is after do a google for last fm music streamed to the pc and free and legal .

MattieG86 · 24 January 2009 at 5:27PM

I find itunes is really simple. Most tracks are 79p and are very quick to download. Its even better now they are not going to be restricted to Ipod MP3 players! You can download the software for free at the itunes website

M4RKM · 24 January 2009 at 5:44PM

you can also buy itunes gift cards, which means you can load onto the account how much money he has to spend.

M

esuhl · 24 January 2009 at 5:48PM

You can find some cheap/free (and legal) mp3 downloads at we7.com and amiestreet.com. Mainstream pop songs won't be free, but there's a fair amount of other stuff to browse through.

bonzer · 24 January 2009 at 6:55PM

If the player is not an Apple iPod, you're probably best avoiding iTunes as they don't use mp3 format, they use a format called AAC. This is not always compatible with other manufacturer's players and some of the music can't be played at all on non iPod players because it is copy protected.

I use either Amazon or 7Digital. Music supplied by both of these is in mp3 format and will play on all types of player.

Bonzer

Nigella_2 · 24 January 2009 at 7:00PM

I use Play.com 65p-70p each, cheap because you can make up your own albums thus avoiding songs you don't want.

If you download as a Zip file you get the artwork too.

You can buy a Nokia "it comes with music" phone and get free music downloads.

peter_the_piper · 24 January 2009 at 8:13PM

Try Jamendo http://www.jamendo.com/en/albums Not mainstream but free and a very wide choice. Might be some to your taste.

M4RKM · 24 January 2009 at 10:03PM

bonzer wrote: »

If the player is not an Apple iPod, you're probably best avoiding iTunes as they don't use mp3 format, they use a format called AAC. This is not always compatible with other manufacturer's players and some of the music can't be played at all on non iPod players because it is copy protected.

I use either Amazon or 7Digital. Music supplied by both of these is in mp3 format and will play on all types of player.

Bonzer

bul!s!!t..

It isn't copy protected any longer, and hasn't been for, oooh the past 3 and a half weeks!!!!

the DRM was taken off, and the majority of tracks now, and all the tracks by the end of march will be DRM Free...

i just wish people would stop using that as an argument to not use itunes, when it's just NOT TRUE

also, with itunes, you download your DRM free HIGH QUALITY 256kbps track, right click, and choose convert to MP3 if you really must have it in the lower quality mp3 format!

nicenswift · 24 January 2009 at 10:27PM

There is a list of 10 free legal music download sites here

http://swift-tips.blogspot.com/2007/08/10-100-free-100-legal-music-sites.html

Allbeit not what you need but I am loving this site for music streaming all the top artists. (and yes it is legal)

http://www.spotify.com/en/

:j

downloading music

Comments

Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply

🚀 Getting Started

Categories

Is this how you want to be seen?

Get our FREE Weekly email full of deals & guides - and it’s spam-free