ii would like to download classical music

Deals_2

from a free (?) internet site . any tips and is it free?i would like to put something together for a 3 year old toddler so any suggestions on soothing music appreciated!!! at the moment i tend to put classic fm but this is a bit limited.

Ramz_3

Most free music downloading sites/programmes are illegal, although I heard about a website launching a while ago which would provide free music download and it would pay for itself through advertising, anyone know what im on about?

jr_xyz

youtube might be a possiblility

richyrichuk

still illegal.

if u want music legally u have to pay for it. end of

superscaper

I think some people are being a bit too hasty. We're talking about classical music, which depending on when the work was recorded may now be public domain.

Here's a list of public domain recordings on wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sound/list

MercilessKiller

Not only that, but internet radio stations (and various version) such as the Music Genome Project (Pandora it's called) will allow you to play music that is similar to a song you already like! You can skip 3 tracks but apart from that it acts as a radio thing.

Depends if you just want to listen to it or download it If you want to download follow superscaper's link.

If all else fails I would recommend:
1) Downloading Itunes. MASSIVE classical store on there, 79p a track, £7.99 an album
2) Buy a £100 itunes voucher off ebay as they go for about £15 thus £15 getting you £100's worth of music.... etc...

Good luck.

superscaper

There's also http://www.classicalarchives.com which allows 5 files/day for free or you can purchase $25/year subscription for 100/day.

superscaper

Although the above is an American site, any files relying on copyright expiration should apply in the UK as well since our expiration laws are actually shorter than the US.

MercilessKiller

Scaper, can you confirm the validity of this site:
http://www.classiccat.net/

Poorly maintained but looks pretty legal and above board to me?

superscaper

MercilessKiller wrote: »

Scaper, can you confirm the validity of this site:
http://www.classiccat.net/

Poorly maintained but looks pretty legal and above board to me?

:rotfl: :rotfl: That was the first one I came across, only reason I didn't post it was because just like you I wasn't 100% sure on the legality. As far as I can tell they are trying to only give legal links and they deliberately intend to be a legal site. So I guess it's pretty safe looking at some of the links to legitimate sites. Let's face it if we were to ban sites because of a mistake or two on copyright/legal issues of songs we'd have to ban itunes as well.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6926278.stm

MercilessKiller

LOL very true! I love following all these random law suits with the beatles, eminem etc etc.. very funny.

Guess youtube would be completely banned with all the ongoing court cases! No one's innocent till proven guilty anymore