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100Years2Live · May 12, 2006, 06:01 AM

Does anyone have a site of free LEGAL musical downloads.

If anyone does it would be appreciated very much. iTunes is geeting out of hand. Ive spent over 80 dollars there.

Josh

ScottGem · May 12, 2006, 06:04 AM

I doubt if there is any one place to get free legal music. Remember that any download of copyrighted material without permission is illegal. So sites that have lists of copyrighted songs would probably be illegal.

One place to check would be the artists' web sites. Frequently they will make tracks available to promote albums or concerts.

RickJ · May 12, 2006, 06:36 AM

Not copyrighted and/or public domain material can be downloaded for free.

Here's a Start if you want to check out what's available:
Links to Tens of Thousands of Legal Music Downloads

Cgirl · May 12, 2006, 07:32 AM

What ever happened to Kaazaa? Is that still around, or is that shut down now too. Yea, I know if I were an artist, I would be upset by people downloading my music without my knowledge of it, unless I gave permission of course. That is sorda like stealing. But I have been guilty of it, I used to go on Kaazaa when I was younger, but I always just downloaded them to my PC, never copied them onto anything.

RickJ · May 12, 2006, 07:36 AM

Kazaa and others like them are still alive and well. How they are able to legally stay online is beyond me.

NeedKarma · May 12, 2006, 07:37 AM

Kazaa is a dead network. Just before it went away it was overun by fake files uploaded by companies contracted by the record companies. I know of other networks that are still operating but I'll keep that to myself.

RickJ · May 12, 2006, 07:39 AM

PS - Walmart has a decent selection for 88 cents per song:
Wal-Mart - Wal-Mart music, we have more than 80,000 music CDs

ScottGem · May 12, 2006, 07:49 AM

Originally Posted by Cgirl

What ever happened to Kaazaa? Is that still around, or is that shut down now too. Yea, I know if I were an artist, I would be upset by people downloading my music without my knowledge of it, unless I gave permission of course. That is sorda like stealing. But I have been guilty of it, I used to go on Kaazaa when I was younger, but I always just downloaded them to my pc, never copied them onto anything.

CGirl,
You and millions like you. There are loads of rationalizations for the piracy that goes on using peer to peer networks. I just downloaded for my own use. I wouldn't have bought the track anyway. The Record companies rip me off so why shouldn't I rip them off? I'll buy it if I decide I like it.

This isn't "sorta like stealing", it IS stealing. You are taking property without permission and that's what stealing is. One can rationalize it all they want, but it doesn't change what it is.

Cgirl · May 12, 2006, 07:57 AM

I don't think I was rationalizing anything, I was just admitting to being guilty of it at one time, when I was a teenager. I do realize that it is stealing, and I would not participate in anything like this now. I guess at the time, I didn't see that it was wrong. I didn't understand, but now I certainly do. Especially because my husband is in a band and I know how he would feel if people were doing this with his music.