is downloading free music legal?
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http://www.limewire.com/\nhttp://www.garageband.com\nhttp://www.soundclick.com\nhttp://www.mp3.com.au\nhttp://www.iuma.org\nhttp://www.downloadsforever.com\nhttp://www.emp3world.com\nhttp://www.maxalbums.com\nhttp://www.cooltoad.com\nhttp://www.mp3dimension.com\n\nabsolutely free
417307
You can download music at limewire.com. I don't know how legal it is though.
65574
Several sites have p2p programs that allow you to easily download music, but downloading anything copyrighted is illegal.\n\nLimewire.com\neMule & eDonkey\nKazaa (full of spyware)\nAres
1101897
answer before me is true, partially, but there is a grey area. russian and other overseas site like mp3music.__ are charging based on the BANDWIDTH of your downloads. This means that with low resolution mp3s, you can have an entire album for, about $1. So, even though you are paying, it is not authorized, which to me is far worse than giving it away for free. \n\nThere is still no free lunch and if you want a legal download you have to stick to the biggies, like iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, etc.\n\nthanks for caring
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Disclaimer: Anything free means it may not be legal. Make sure that you are following the rules of your country.\n\nThe popular way to download is to use either Gnutella network or the BitTorrent. The second one is more popular.\n\nFor Gnutella, the most popular client is Limewire http://www.limewire.com - download and install client. Use it to search and download music\n\nIf you are planing to use BitTorrent, you may have to download one bittorrent client. The following are the best ones:\nuTorrent http://www.utorrent.com (highly recommended)\nAzureus http://azureus.sourceforge.net (recommended)\nBitComet http://www.bitcomet.com\n\nNow use a torrent search engine to download the .torrent file... Popular torrent search site is:\nhttp://www.torrentportal.com\n\nThe .torrent file is not the actual file. The actual files will be downloaded by the client when you open the .torrent file using the client.
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A variety of sites have programs which you can download and search for music/software/etc.\n\nI'd try www.limewire.com or www.emule-project.net, both are free and don't contain pop-ups, spyware, or other nasties.\n\nOf course, keep in mind that downloading COPYRIGHTED music files is, in most countries, illegal and can be punishable by fines and/or jail time.
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By borrowing CDs from your friends.\n\nDownloading music for free will always be illegal. I suggest you go to an electronics store and buy a Napster card or Rhapsody card, 15$ for 15 songs.
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1) No but from websites like limewire, kinda if you look at it like stealing\n2)Yep limewire is totally free unless you're using limewire pro which is legal\n3)Yeah it says that for every song but click yes when it says that anyway\n4) I always think limewire is legal as long as you don't sell the cd's you burnt\nI hoped this helped!
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You're using some words that are almost always mutually exclusive.  Those are "free" and "legal".  If you want legal music then it either has to be stuff that the artists/producers/labels want you to have for free.  That's pretty rare unless you're talking underground or independent artists.  If you want popular hit music that's commercially available, then either you have to pay, or you have to get it illegally.\n\nI'm sure someone else can recommend a free-but-illegal method of getting music.  Here is a free-and-legal link site, but it probably won't have what you want.
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The programs to download/share files are legal.\n\nUsing them to download copyright protected files (i.e.. most music files) is illegal if you do not pay for them.\n\nUse I-Tunes.  The program is free - the music is not. But it is legal.
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It might be. But be wary. Limewire costs money to download, but the content has not been purchased by limewire and therefore all copywrited materials are illegal to download.
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You cannot unless there is a free video or song available.\n\nDownloading free music can lead to piracy and it is against the law.
781251
Downloading free file sharing software from www.limewire.com is safe AND legal. It's what files you choose to download and what you choose to do with them that can get you into less-than-legal territory. I personally use Limewire for particular mp3 downloads, but I have run into trouble if I try downloading games and other programs like that. Do make sure you have a good updated antivirus program running, and definitely don't download anything that looks fishy. That's pretty obvious. Limewire has served me well for lots of downloads of songs. It's easy to use and almost all the songs are easy to find.
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If you are legally downloading songs from a music store or source that is paid, no.\n\nIf you illegally download free music, you could possibly be fined.  The RIAA has been pursuing suits against illegal downloads, and there are many cases that are currently in process.
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If you don't pay for it is is illegal. But I can't really see too much of a problem with it. The artist get so little of the money you would pay for it you're not stealing from them, just from the record companies. Furthermore there is a small legal loophole. Downloading and Sharing are different offences. You usually only get a warning the first time around too-but don't get caught!
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limewire and morpheus are good free music download programs
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Probably not, for download sites to be legal, the artists must get the profits off songs that are downloaded, if the music is free the artist isn't getting any money, and its basically like stealing. The best thing I've found is Napster, you pay a montly fee and you can download as many songs as you want without the 99 cents fee, although some songs aren't available for "free" download, and must be bought for 99 cents.