Legal MP3 downloads?

“I just got this in my email. I know you can download mp3 files for about $1 or $2 each. That's legal. But this website charges $20 for a whole year and you can download music, software, etc...

what ya think? legal? sounds too good to be true.”

“That takes the fun out of it.”

“Apple.”

“yes, virginia, there is a santa claus”

“Here's a cool MP3 for ya.”

“that mp3 makes me quite manic”

“Gemini, you'd better not do anything illegal or I will turn you in!!!

: )”

“im getting all that i can from itunes.com while pepsi is giving them away....every song would normally cost $0.99...got about 8 so far...always get a few caps from the people at work...otherwise im using KAZAA”

“oh boy....captn bobo is trying to black mail my a$$.

I am still waiting for a snow hike...but ya chickend out, didn't ya... lol

don't drink soda, so I can't collect em. I think $20 a year for all the files I want...hmm, if legal, it's great. Prolly just a matter of time until that loop whole will close forever.”

“winmx is so much better than kazaa”

“Someone at work gave me one of those caps Shep.

Too bad I don't download music for keeps.”

“I used WinMX for a long time, but stopped after all the sht hit the fan.”

“really? i still use it”

“Keep it up, I'm googling the number for your Sheriff right now!!!

I'll hike with you anytime, anywhere, snow or not, Ms. Skinny-butt!”

“didn't get arrested yet? they prolly watching you right now. LOL”

“LOL.... sh-t i better get dressed then ;X”

“LMAO. Good one Scorch! Good one!!

capt bobo... i want you to teach me to mountaineer. I want to do mt. washington. LOL”

“i wanna mountaineer!”

“awwww....lets all mountaineer...bobo, scorch and gem.... yahhh!!!

the mountaineering weirdos...
really now”

“hahaha, i'd wind up fallin and it'd just be the 2 of you, woowoo!”

“Sounds great! Give me a few minutes to drop about 50 pounds and I'll get right on it!”

“me too! well, 20”

“awww...no need. we'll loose at least 5 or more lbs while climbing it.”

“My eyes ain't so good. Does the logo for the site say, "I've never seen so many flies"?”

“Looks like a GREAT deal, just read what these satisfied customers had to say here
here
here and
here. I say go for it!”

“hmm...so I guess it's true when they say "too good to be true" :(
thanks kleetn.

hahaha, and it said "I've never seen so many files"

I almost saw the "flies" too though.”

“no new posts on this thread in nearly a year.

so what's the best place for downloadin?”

“nigal

is the lime pro version worth it?

20 beans for a lifetime?”

“Oh, you want strictly legal ones huh? I think Napster has a $15 monthly fee now but they're unlimited downloads now. For some strange reason their site is loading verrrrry slowly this morning. Gee, I wonder why?”

“well, if ya get an IP blocker, you can go for the not so legal ones.... (try PeerGuardian) ahem..not that I know anything about that...”

“don't care about legality.

i just fukcing hate spyware

what about these sites?

1 dollar a month.

http://music.webreviews.ca/”

“As I stated on the whatcha get thread, Limewire is awesome.”

“again, a good IP blocker can solve the spywere problems....”

“you use the free limewire version nigal?”

“Yes. I mainly use it to check new music out and to find bootlegs and rare stuff. I found a duet with Scott Stap of Creed and Tool. Ya don't get much weirder than that.”

“how long ya been using limewire? totally 100% spyware free?”

“I haven't had anything come up with the limewire and have found no spyware. Here's another site too that has a lot of underground stuff. Lot's of live legal bootlegs here.

http://www.archive.org/audio/etreelisting-browse.php?collection=collection=etree”

“alright, thanks nigal, i'm trying out the lime.”

“Audible.com is pretty interesting site. You can get books and all kinds of stuff there. It's like $10 a year for the basic where you get 6 free downloads a month and 30% off list for everything else. You can even get the New York Slimes on audio.”

“I'm using news groups now. There's thousands of songs to be downloaded from there.

no charge of course”

“Limewire is about as clean as it gets,, you still have to watch out for the occasional misfile(that I believe are planted by the MPAA)but overall it's a good program with no serious bugs.”

“IP blocker? Is Spirit Coyote speaking of a software firewall? Never heard it called an IP blocker. I would think a better name would be selective IP blocker, hence firewall. If you blocked TCP/IP, no IP traffic would go out or come into your computer.”

“Did Skiracer just say something? I can't hear him cause I have his IP blocked. LOL!”

“I've been using Limewire since the whole Napster fiasco. Never have I had a problem with the Free version..searches always come back with more than enough to choose from. I really don't understand the point in the Pro version”

“limewire is spyware free... but try winmx if you dont like that. only p2p programs worth using imo. i wouldnt pay for any program...”

“My vote for the archive.org tons of live mp3 and live streaming audio. Over 2900 Deadsows alone. plus tons of jam bands.”

“winmx closed down their site. Can't download either no more. they must've gotten in trouble.

I tried limewire yesterday for the first time...NICE!”

“Hey Jack, if you like jam bands check out Ekoostik Hookah”

“I remember late last year on several threads we talked about the lawsuit and subsequent shutdown of allofmp3.com.

AllOfMP3 has been acquitted of charges of copyright infringement. Apparently the company paid royalties to Russia's collecting society -- their equivalent of ASCAP or BMI, just as American radio stations and live performance venues do. But the American record labels didn't like AllOfMP3's business practices -- they sold DRM-free MP3s at low cost -- and used the World Trade Organization and the US Trade Representative to get AllOfMP3 shut down.

So the owners have already created a successor to allofmp3 and transferred their accounts to it.

So it appears that they were on the up and up all along.

The new site is:
http://www.mp3sparks.com/”

“Thanks HPM!

I just got an MP3 player for my birthday and can definately use this. (I'm ripping tracks from my CDs at this moment.)”